The Leslie Hamilton collection consists of historical and modern
photographs and slides of Seattle, particularly the Queen Anne neighborhood,
from chiefly the late 1800s through the late 1980s. Included are views of
Seattle streets and intersections, public and private buildings and residences,
events such as the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, statues and
monuments, parks, the waterfront, modes of transportation, and the fire
department. The photos and slides of Queen Anne show the neighborhood's
streets, buildings, and people.

Seattle Tent and Awning Company
building, vendors, fruit stand West view on Western Avenue and Columbia Street
near J.P. Powel's & Co. Western Avenue was then Garden Lane, just up street
from Railroad Avenue and the West Seattle Ferry

Original photograph from Paul Dorpat.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3994).

1900

Volume 2

binder

2

Modern images

Includes a few images of 1st Avenue from the 1980s at the
intersections of Bell, Spring, and Main. Also includes images of the Catholic
Seaman's Club at 1st and Battery and the Chief Seattle statue in Pioneer
Square.

Album

item

2

2-1

Hirsch Pharmacy building; Empire
Laundry; York Hotel, 1503 First Avenue at northwest corner of First Avenue and
Pike Street

Copy of photograph courtesy of Seattle Fire Department
Museum and L. Gowey. See F-80 for similar photograph.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3216)

Circa 1900

2

2-2

People in front of the Hoffman Cloak
and suit Company, next to Hotel Curtis, 1314 Second Avenue. East side of Second
Avenue between Union and University streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3832).

undated

2

2-3

Streetcar in front of Hirsch
Pharmacy, Hotel York at northwest corner of First Avenue and Pike Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4413).

Circa 1900

2

2-4

North view of First Street and Main
Street

Photograph courtesy of P. Dorpat.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4023).

Circa 1981

2

2-5

Street view north on Front Street
from Yesler Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (522).

circa 1891

2

2-6

North view down First Avenue at
Yesler Way, reconstruction after 1889 fire

Copied from Seattle Times "
Now and Then," January 23, 1983. Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4148).

Circa May 1890

2

2-7

View south of Chief Seattle Indian
statue in Pioneer Square, totem pole in background

Photograph courtesy of P. Dorpat. Leslie Hamilton (3955).

Circa 1960s

2

2-8

"Small-business men with big ideas"
getting outfitted for Alaska at Cooper and Levy; on First Avenue at Yesler Way,
in front of Northern Pacific Ticket office, Cooper & Levy Pioneer
Outfitters

See photograph 4220 for contemporary view.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4144).

circa 1900

2

2-9

Two men walk in front of Olympic
Block, southeast corner of First Avenue and Yesler Way; 104 and 106 First
Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4220). Copied from Seattle Times "Now
and Then" December 26, 1982. Original photograph from Paul Dorpat. See
photograph 4144 for "then".

circa 1900

2

2-10

Pedestrians in Pioneer Square, view
east on Yesler Way. Pioneer Building at right, old Seattle Hotel at
left

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4150).Copied from Seattle Times "Now
and Then" September 19, 1982. See photograph #4217 for "then".

Intersection of First Avenue and Bell
Street, Blanchard Street is at lower right

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1240).Copied from theSeattle Times
"Now and Then," February 27, 1983, negative #4429.

Late 1880s

2

2-15

Houses, fence in Belltown

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4429).Copied from theSeattle Times
"Now and Then" February 27, 1983. "This late-1880s view of Belltown looks north
from near Second Avenue and Blanchard Street toward Bell's Hotel in the center
and the Magnolia Peninsula beyond." See photograph # 4430 for contemporary
view.Original photograph from Paul Dorpat.

circa 1880s

2

2-16

Belltown buildings, Puget Sound in
background, looking north from near Second Street and Blanchard
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4430).Copied from theSeattle Times
"Now and Then" February 27, 1983. See photograph # 4430 for "then" view.Original photograph from Paul Dorpat.

circa 1982-1983

2

2-17

People pose in front of Bon Marche,
Nordhoff & Co. buildings at 2619 1st Ave. on wooden sidewalk. West side of
First Avenue between Vine and Cedar streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4032).

circa 1900

2

2-18

Belltown Hotel at 2326 First Avenue
in Austin A. Bell building on southeast corner of First Avenue and Battery
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1647).

circa 1900

2

2-19

View north of houses on hillside with
Puget Sound in background from Second Avenue and Virginia Street toward hill in
Belltown

Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL22785).Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3943).

1882

2

2-20

Belltown Hotel, 2326 First Avenue, in
the Austin A. Bell building (Belltown Hotel) at southeast corner of First
Avenue and Battery Street

Photograph courtesy of Hoffman.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1647).

circa 1900

2

2-21

Catholic Seamen's Club, next to
Austin A. Bell building and a parking lot on southeast corner of First Avenue
and Battery Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (92-7).

March 21, 1980

2

2-22

West view of First Avenue and
Virginia Street is a protest against a muddy First Avenue. Man in boat with
fishing pole in construction site

Photograph courtesy of P. Dorpat. Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3983).

1903

2

2-23

West view of First Avenue and
Virginia Street of people stand in street pointing, with Virginia Inn
restaurant in background

Group of people on southwest corner
of First Avenue and Bell Street. View west on Bell Street between First Avenue
and Western Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2393) (photographer)

March 17, 1981

3

3-48-3-49

Construction on southwest corner of
First Avenue and Blanchard Street, from south side of Blanchard
Street

Leslie Hamilton (2015-2016) (photographer)

July 21, 1980

3

3-50

2313-2317 1st Ave. on west side of
First Avenue, Seafarer's Tavern at 2317 1st Ave.

Leslie Hamilton (2192) (photographer)

October 25, 1980

3

3-51

Buildings at 2136 First Avenue on
southeast corner of First Avenue and Blanchard Street

Leslie Hamilton (2398) (photographer)

March 19, 1981

3

3-52

Building at southeast corner of First
Avenue and Blanchard Street

Leslie Hamilton (2045) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

3

3-53

Donald Hotel in building on northeast
corner of First Avenue and Blanchard Street

Leslie Hamilton (2044) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

3

3-54

Lewiston Hotel in building on
northwest corner of First Avenue and Blanchard Street

Leslie Hamilton (2014) (photographer)

July 21, 1980

3

3-55

Building on southeast corner of First
Avenue and Lenora Street

Leslie Hamilton (2046) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

3

3-56

Construction on empty lot southwest
corner of First Avenue and Lenora Street

Leslie Hamilton (2049) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

3

3-57-3-58

Tree on empty lot on west side of
First Avenue between Virgnia and Lenora streets

Leslie Hamilton (10-19, 13-14) (photographer)

September 11, 1977

3

3-59

Building on southwest corner of First
Avenue and Virginia Street

Leslie Hamilton (2052) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

3

3-60

Construction on northwest corner of
First Avenue and Virginia Street, west side of First Street between Virginia
and Lenora streets

Leslie Hamilton (2050) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

3

3-61

Parking lot at northeast corner of
First Avenue and Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2903) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-62

View east of the Hotel St. Regis near
northeast corner of First Avenue and Stewart Street,

Leslie Hamilton (91-4) (photographer)

February 22, 1980

3

3-63

North view of corner of First Avenue
and Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2904) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-64

Building on southeast corner of First
Avenue and Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2902) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-65

Building on southwest corner of First
Avenue and Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2901) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-66

North view of Rogers store in
building on corner of First Avenue and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2906) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-67

View south of Hotel Gatewood in
building on corner of First Avenue and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2907) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-68

Building on southeast corner of First
Avenue and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2908) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-69

Building on southwest corner of First
Avenue and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2905) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-70

East side of First Avenue between
Pine and Pike streets

Leslie Hamilton (2909) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-71-3-72

Building on southeast corner of First
Avenue and Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (2911, 2910) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-73

Building on northeast corner of First
Avenue and Pike Street, looking up Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (2916) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-74

Looking up First Avenue from
northeast corner of Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (2917) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-75

Building on northeast corner of First
Avenue and Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (2920) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-76

Pike Place Market building on
northwest corner of First Avenue and Pike Street, looking north

Leslie Hamilton (2914) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-77

Building on southwest corner of First
Avenue and Pike Place with Public Market sign in background

Leslie Hamilton (2912) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-78

Building on northwest corner of First
Avenue and Pike Place; Pike Place Market

Leslie Hamilton (2915) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-79

Looking down First Avenue, Pike Place
Market building on right at corner of PIke Street

Leslie Hamilton (2913) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-80

West side of First Avenue south of
Pike Street between Pike and Union streets

Leslie Hamilton (2919) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-81

Showbox Theatre, east side of First
Avenue between Pike and Union streets

Leslie Hamilton (2918) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-82

Looking south on First Avenue at
corner of Union street

Leslie Hamilton (2923) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-83-3-84

Looking south down First Avenue from
Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2830, 2831) (photographer)

November 2, 1981

3

3-85

Building on northeast corner of First
Avenue and Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2925) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-86

Looking up First Avenue from
northeast corner of Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2924) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-87

Looking at southwest corner of First
Avenue and Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2481) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-88

Building with Heliparker parking
garage, Firestone car service on southwest corner of FIrst Avenue and Union
Street

Leslie Hamilton (2921) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-89

Shellback Tavern on northwest corner
of First Avenue and Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2832) (photographer)

November 2, 1981

3

3-90

Looking north up First Avenue from
corner of Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2922) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-91

Looking at northwest corner of First
Avenue and University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2480) (photographer)

April 20, 1981

3

3-92

Looking north up First Avenue at
Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2833) (photographer)

November 2, 1981

3

3-93

Looking north up First Avenue from
corner of University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2099) (photographer)

August 22, 1980

3

3-94

Building on northwest corner of First
Avenue and University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2100) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-95

Northeast view of empty lot, rubble
of demolished Bay Building at southwest corner of First Avenue and University
Street

Leslie Hamilton (3035) (photographer)

Copy of photograph.

1978

3

3-96

Building at the southwest corner of
First Avenue and University street

From Seattle Times circa
1978.Bay Building was built in 1890.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3034).

circa 1905

3

3-97

Society Candy Building on northwest
corner of First Avenue and Columbia Street

From Seattle Times October 1,
1978.Society Candy Building was demolished in 1976. Was
originally Colman Building Annex. Colman Building was built in 1904.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3036).

circa 1953

Box/Folder

3

3-98

Gate to the Seattle Fair and
Carnival, First Avenue and Columbia Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3813).Original photograph from the "Duffy" Collection.

1902

Album

3

3-99

Building with Pearl Electronics store
on northeast corner of First Avenue and University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2101) (photographer)

August 22, 1980

3

3-100

Looking north up east side of First
Avenue at corner of University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2102) (photographer)

August 22, 1980

3

3-101

Looking at northeast corner of First
Avenue and University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2931) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-102

Looking up First Avenue from
University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2932) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-103

Looking up First Avenue at Flamingo
Room in building on southeast corner of First Avenue and University Street on
south side of University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2105) (photographer)

August 22, 1980

3

3-104

Flamingo Room in building on
southeast corner of University Street and First Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2106) (photographer)

August 22, 1980

3

3-105

Looking up First Avenue from
southeast corner of First Avenue and University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2934) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-106

Former Diller Hotel, Barnier Pet
Store on southeast corner of First Avenue and University Street

Leslie Hamilton (2933) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

3

3-107

Looking up First Avenue from
northwest corner of First Avenue and Seneca Street

Leslie Hamilton (2104) (photographer)

August 22, 1980

3

3-108

Myers music store on northeast corner
of First Avenue and Seneca Street

Leslie Hamilton (2098) (photographer)

See #4485 and #4486 for "Now and Then."

August 22, 1980

3

3-109

Building on southwest corner of First
Avenue and Seneca Street

Leslie Hamilton (2097) (photographer)

August 22, 1980

3

3-110-3-111

Building on southwest corner of First
Avenue and Seneca Street, at Viaduct exit

Leslie Hamilton (2479, 2478) (photographer)

April 20, 1981

3

3-112

Southwest corner of west side of
First Avenue and Spring Street looking south from Spring Street

Leslie Hamilton (2477) (photographer)

April 20, 1981

3

3-113

Looking north from Spring Street to
northeast corner of west side of First Avenue and Spring Street

Leslie Hamilton (2476) (photographer)

April 20, 1981

3

3-114

Looking north at west side of First
Avenue from Madison Street; corner of First Avenue and Madison
Street

Leslie Hamilton (2475) (photographer)

April 20, 1981

3

3-115-3-116

Looking east at Olympic National Life
building on Madison Street from Ferry Road

Leslie Hamilton (3236-3237) (photographer)

Olympic National Life building was formerly the Empire
Building and the American Bank Building; it was demolished in February and
March of 1982.

February 27, 1982

3

3-117

Looking north up First Avenue from
Marion Street at Federal Post Office Building on west side of First
Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2613) (photographer)

July 21, 1981

3

3-118

Pioneer Square Pergola and totem
pole

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3090, 15-24).

April 9, 1961

3

3-119

Arthur Armstrong Denny House on
southeast corner of First Avenue and Union Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (661, 1888) in January 1976.Denny House was built in 1866 and demolished in 1900.From the Seattle Public Library (SPL15224).

undated

3

3-120

Looking north up First Avenue from
Yesler Way

Photograph courtesy of L. Gowey.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3689).

undated

3

3-121

Building on northwest corner of First
Avenue and Yesler Way

"Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (86-8).

circa 1960

3

3-122

Pioneer Building on northeast corner
of First Avenue and Yesler Way, northeast side of Pioneer Square

"Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (86-18).

circa 1975

3

3-123

Pacific Ticket office in building on
southeast corner of First Avenue and Yesler Way

"Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (88-1) on February 6, 1980.

circa 1907

3

3-124

Looking south at corner of First
Avenue and Madison Street

Leslie Hamilton (1726) (photographer)

March 20, 1980

3

3-125

Looking north at Dearborn Street,
Railroad Avenue South and First Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1058).

February 19, 1967

3

3-126

Arlington Garage in building on
northwest corner of First Avenue and Madison Street

Leslie Hamilton (1725) (photographer)

March 20, 1980

3

3-127

Building on southeast corner of
Yesler Way and Occidental Avenue

"Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (87-19) on February 6, 1980.

circa 1920

3

3-128

Building on northwest corner of
Virginia Street and First Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (7-16) (photographer)

July 24, 1977

3

3-129

Looking south at Pioneer
Square

"Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (87-9).

circa 1939

3

3-130

Looking down on Pioneer
Place

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (779)Caption: "Pioneer Place. -- Center of the retail business
district of Seattle, showing quarters of Chamber of Commerce. Historic totem
pole in the center. The pole is a section of a large cedar tree fantastically
carbed by Alaska indians."Historical Seattle.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's "Prosperous
Washington."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (797).

1906

3

3-137

View down on First Avenue South from
rooftop around Main Street

Negative #258.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (188).See negative #234.

circa 1915

3

3-138

The Lowman Building on First Avenue
and Cherry Street, with Alaska Building and Railway Exchange Building in
background

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (704).

circa 1907

3

3-139

The Lowman Building, on the corner of
First Avenue and Cherry Street, looking up Cherry Street from First
Avenue

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's "Prosperous
Washington."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (P-32).

circa 1906

3

3-140

Looking north down First Avenue from
Columbia Street with streetcar

Courtesy Seattle Public Library.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1827).

1904

3

3-141

View of horses, carriages looking
north on First Avenue from Main Street

"Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (86-12).

circa 1902

3

3-142-3-143

"Grand Central on the Park" in
building on northeast corner of First Avenue and Main Street,
looking

Leslie Hamilton (3622, 3621) (photographer)

July 18, 1982

3

3-144

Looking south on First Avenue South
and Main Street

"Seattle Then and Now."Caption: "Then First Avenue north from Main Street 1902
(left). Doc Maynard's end of town; he gave most of it away, the rest was
pre-empted by Uncle Sam. Plenty of Ragtime was to be heard in the box-houses
behind the brick facades, along with the jingle of Alaska gold. Hotels like the
Grand Central, (1898, right) and the State (1890, center right) housed the
crowds of single..."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (81-27)

circa 1970s

3

3-145

Looking north down First Avenue and
Jackson Street

"Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (88-6) on February 6, 1980.

1978

3

3-146

Looking north on Front Street from
Columbia Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (800) on May 19, 1977.Courtesy Seattle Public Library (SPL22955).

1890

3

3-147

Looking north at streetcar and Aero
Products Corporation building on First Avenue South at Spokane
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (296).Courtesy Seattle Public Library (SPL22879).This was the main part of the business district at this
time.

1894

3

3-149

Looking east from the Jackson Street
Wharf. Pile driver and winches in foreground, St. Charles Hotel at left,
Seattle Brass & Bell Foundry at right, Academy of Holy Names and South
School in background

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (63).

1892

3

3-150

Looking east at Hotel Seattle, James
Street and Yesler way from First Avenue

"Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (88-14) on February 6, 1980.

1897

3

3-151

Pioneer Place

See negative #227.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (258) on October 7, 1974.

1890

3

3-152

Maynard Building on northwest corner
of First Avenue South and Washington Street; Denny-Terry Building (Northern
Hotel) at 115 First Avenue South.

Maynard Building built in 1892. Denny-Terry building built
in 1889.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (634).

circa 1890s

3

3-153

Cable cars in Pioneer Square looking
north at First Avenue and Yesler Way

Courtesy of G. McComb.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1548) on March 24, 1979.

1909

3

3-154

Pioneer Place, looking north on First
Avenue South and Yesler Way

"Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (87-5).

circa 1901

3

3-155

South view, looking toward Yesler
Way, of building on west side of First Avenue at corner of Cherry Street,
between Columbia Street and Cherry Street

Leslie Hamilton (2615) (photographer)

July 21, 1981

3

3-156

Building on corner of First Avenue
and Cherry Street, looking south toward the Kingdome

Leslie Hamilton (2614) (photographer)

July 21, 1981

3

3-157

First Avenue looking north from
Pioneer Place

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's "Prosperous Washington."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1102) in April 1977.

1906

3

3-158

Pioneer Place looking north at First
Avenue and Yesler Way

From "Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (86-7).

1900

3

3-159

Trees in Pioneer Square looking north
at First Avenue and Yesler Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (81-19).

1970s

3

3-160

Pioneer Square at First Avenue and
Yesler Way, looking north

From "Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (87-4).

1975

3

3-161

Lowman Building, looking east up
Cherry Street from First Avenue

Courtesy Seattle Public Library.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1833).

1909

3

3-162

Pioneer Place at First Avenue and
Yesler Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (997).

undated

3

3-163

Looking down on First Avenue at
Spring Street

From "Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (87-16) on February 6, 1980.

1975

3

3-164

Federal building on southwest corner
of First Avenue and Madison Street

Leslie Hamilton (1727)

March 20, 1980

3

3-165

Looking west from Smith Tower at
Pioneer Square Pergola on First Avenue and Yesler Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (16).

May 4, 1973

3

3-166

Looking west down Yesler Way from
Smith Tower at Yesler Way and First Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (346).

June 11, 1974

Box/Folder

3

3-167

First Avenue, looking north from
Pioneer Place

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1826).Copied from the Seattle Public Library.

circa 1905

Album

3

3-168

First Avenue from Pioneer
Square

From Metropolitan Seattle,
1903.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (31-6).

1903

3

3-169

Postcard of The Bon Marche store on
First Avenue and Pike Street, looking east

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1848).

circa 1900-1905

3

3-170

Globe Building on the northwest
corner of First Avenue and Madison Street

From Metropolitan Seattle,
1903.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (31-10).

1903

3

3-171

The Bay Building on the southwest
corner of First Avenue and University Street

Views of 2nd Avenue from Denny to Jackson Street from the
1950s to the early 1980s. Includes intersections at Denny, Broad, Clay, Cedar,
Blanchard, Lenora, Virginia, Stewart, Pine, Pike, Union, Seneca, Spring,
Madison, Marion, Cherry, James, Yesler, Main, and Jackson. Also includes images
of the Crystal Pool (Natatorium) at 2nd and Lenora, Collins Building, Waterfall
Park, and views up 2nd Avenue from the Smith Tower.

Album

item

4

4-1

Second Avenue with corner of Denny
Way in background

Leslie Hamilton (2578) (photographer)

July 12, 1981

4

4-2

South side of Denny Way between
Second and Third avenues

Leslie Hamilton (2577) (photographer)

July 12, 1981

4

4-3

West side of Second Avenue at Denny
Way, looking south

Leslie Hamilton (39-4) (photographer)

July 30, 1978

4

4-4

Looking east on Second Avenue between
Denny Way and Broad Street, with Space Needle in background

Leslie Hamilton (2580) (photographer)

July 12, 1981

4

4-5

Looking across second avenue at
southwest corner of Second Avenue and Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (2074) (photographer)

August 18, 1980

4

4-6

Looking south down second avenue at
Broad Street toward Clay Street

Leslie Hamilton (2075) (photographer)

August 18, 1980

4

4-7

Southwest corner of Second Avenue and
Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (2076) (photographer)

August 18, 1980

4

4-8

Northwest corner of Second Avenue and
Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (2645) (photographer)

July 30, 1981

4

4-9

Northeast corner of Second Avenue and
Broad Street, with Space Needle in background

Leslie Hamilton (2579) (photographer)

July 12, 1981

4

4-10

Building on northwest corner of
Second Avenue and Broad street, looking west

Leslie Hamilton (2079) (photographer)

July 12, 1981

4

4-11

Building on southeast corner of
Second Avenue and Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (2078) (photographer)

August 18, 1980

4

4-12

Northeast corner of Second Avenue and
Broad Street, with Space Needle in background

Leslie Hamilton (2077) (photographer)

August 18, 1980

4

4-13

Intersection at northwest corner of
Second Avenue and Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (2080) (photographer)

August 18, 1980

4

4-14

KIRO Channel 5 radio and television
station building at northeast corner of Second Avenue and Clay Street, with
Space Needle in background

Leslie Hamilton (54-4) (photographer)

November 12, 1978

4

4-15

Intersection at northwest corner of
Second Avenue and Clay Street

Leslie Hamilton (2073) (photographer)

August 18, 1980

4

4-16

Looking north down the east side of
second avenue between Clay and Cedar streets

Leslie Hamilton (2400) (photographer)

March 3, 1981

4

4-17

Building on southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (4065) (photographer)

March 3, 1983

4

4-18

Building on corner of Second Avenue
and Broad Street, looking west

Leslie Hamilton (4064) (photographer)

March 6, 1983

4

4-19

Looking north down Second Avenue
between Broad and Clay streets at the Bay Vista condominium building on the
west side of Second Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (4066) (photographer)

March 3 1983

4

4-20

View north at Bay Vista condominium
building on Second Avenue at Clay Street

Leslie Hamilton (4060) (photographer)

March 6, 1983

4

4-21

Vertical view of Bay Vista
condominium building on Second Avenue at Clay Street

Leslie Hamilton (4061) (photographer)

March 6, 1983

4

4-22

Harbor Heights condominiums on the
southwest corner of Second Avenue and Cedar Street looking west from Third
Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (4062) (photographer)

March 6, 1983

4

4-23

Harbor Heights condominium building,
looking south on Second Avenue from Clay Street

Leslie Hamilton (4063) (photographer)

March 6, 1983

4

4-24

Northwest corner of Second Avenue and
Cedar Street

Leslie Hamilton (54-2) (photographer)

November 12, 1978

4

4-25

Looking north down Second Avenue at
Cedar Street

Leslie Hamilton (54-0) (photographer)

November 12, 1978

4

4-26

Looking south down Second Avenue at
Blanchard Street

Leslie Hamilton (2771) (photographer)

April 27, 1981

4

4-27

Building on southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Lenora Street (Crystal Pool Natatorium)

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (87-2).From "Seattle Then and Now."

1918

4

4-28

Intersection at corner of Second
Street and Lenora Street, looking north

Leslie Hamilton (2768) (photographer)

September 27, 1981

Box/Folder

4

4-29

Church on the southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Lenora Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (87-1).Copied from the Seattle Times "Then and
Now".

circa 1978

4

4-30

Second Avenue and Lenora Street,
looking north

Leslie Hamilton (2769) (photographer)

September 27, 1981

Album

4

4-31

Intersection of Second Street and
Lenora Street, looking south

Leslie Hamilton (2770) (photographer)

September 27, 1981

4

4-32

Intersection at northeast corner of
Second Street and Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2889) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-33-4-34

Parking garage on southeast corner of
Second Avenue and Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2900, 2888) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-35

Looking south on Second Avenue at
Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2890) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-36

St. Regis Hotel on northwest corner
of Second Avenue and Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (4063) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-37

Looking north down Second Avenue at
Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2893) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-38

Intersection of Second Avenue and
Stewart Street, lookin south

Leslie Hamilton (2891) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-39

Building on southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2733) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-40

Intersection of Second Avenue and
Pine Street, looking West

Leslie Hamilton (2894) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-41

Building on southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2942) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-42

Building on southeast corner of
Second Avenue and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2898) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-43

Looking south down Second Avenue at
Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2899) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-44

American Office Equipment Interiors
in building on northwest corner of Second Avenue and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2895) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-45

Intersection of Second Street and
Pine Street, looking north

Leslie Hamilton (2896) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-46

Intersection at northeast corner of
Second Avenue and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2897) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-47

Pennys department store, Pike Street
entrance, at Second Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (N/21) (photographer)

April 3, 1977

4

4-48

Pennys department store, on southwest
corner of Pike Street and Second Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (N/19) (photographer)

April 3, 1977

4

4-49

Pennys department store on southwest
corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (2940) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-50

Second Avenue at Pike Street, looking
north

Courtesy of L. GoweyCopied by Leslie Hamilton (1457).

undated

4

4-51

Building on northwest corner of
Second Avenue and Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (2938) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-52

Looking up Second Street from Pike
Street

Leslie Hamilton (2939) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-53

Southeast corner of Second Avenue and
Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (73-7) (photographer)

July 8, 1979

4

4-54

Southeast corner of Second Avenue and
Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (2937) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-55

Southeast corner of Second Avenue and
Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (2941) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-56

Looking east up Pike Street from
Second Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (73-11) (photographer)

July 8, 1979

4

4-57

Horses and carriages in front of shop
and barn at corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (428).

circa 1885

4

4-58-4-59

Parking garage at northeast corner of
Second Avenue and Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (2936, 2935) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-60

Pennys department store onthe west
side of Second Avenue between Union and Pike streets

Leslie Hamilton (0-26) (photographer)

April 3, 1977

4

4-61

Building on southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2879) (photographer)

November 278, 1981

4

4-62

Looking south down Second Avenue from
Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2878) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-63

Building on southeast corner of
Second Street and Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2877) (photographer)

March 6, 1983

4

4-64

Coutheast corner of Second Avenue and
Union Street, looking east

Leslie Hamilton (2875) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-65

Intersection at southeast corner of
Second Avenue and Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2876) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-66-4-67

Building on northeast corner of
Second Avenue and Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2928, 2929) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-68

Pennys building on northwest corner
of Second Avenue and Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2926) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-69

Pennys building on northwest corner
of Second Avenue and Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2880) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-70

Union Street looking east from Second
Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (9-11) (photographer)

July 24, 1977

4

4-71

Northwest corner of Second Avenue and
Union Street

Leslie Hamilton (2927) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-72-4-73

Building on southeast corner of
Second Avenue and Seneca Street

Leslie Hamilton (2873, 2874) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-74

Northeast corner of Second Avenue and
Seneca Street, looking up Second Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2872) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-75

Northeast corner of Second Avenue and
Seneca Street, looking up Seneca Street

Leslie Hamilton (2871) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-76

Southeast corner of Second Avenue and
Seneca Street, looking up Second Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2930) (photographer)

December 13, 1981

4

4-77

Intersection at the northwest corner
of Second Avenue and Seneca Street

Leslie Hamilton (2869) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-78-4-79

Intersection at southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Virginia Street

Leslie Hamilton (2881, 2882) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-80

East side of Second Avenue between
Stewart and Virginia streets

Leslie Hamilton (13-8) (photographer)

September 11, 1977

4

4-81

East side of Second Avenue between
Stewart and Virginia streets

Leslie Hamilton (13-9) (photographer)

September 11, 1977

4

4-82

Northwest corner of Second Avenue and
Virginia Street

Leslie Hamilton (2884) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-83

Northwest corner of Second Avenue and
Virginia Street

Leslie Hamilton (2883) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-84

Looking south on Second Avenue at
Virginia Street

Leslie Hamilton (2886) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-85

Southeast corner of Second Avenue and
Virginia Street

Leslie Hamilton (2885) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-86

View east of the north side of Lenora
Street between Second and Third avenues

Leslie Hamilton (2766) (photographer)

September 27, 1981

4

4-87

View east of the corner of Second
Avenue and Lenora Street

Leslie Hamilton (2765) (photographer)

September 27, 1981

4

4-88

Looking north down Second avenue from
Lenora Street

Leslie Hamilton (2767) (photographer)

September 27, 1981

4

4-89

Northeast corner of Second Avenue and
Virginia Street

Leslie Hamilton (2887) (photographer)

November 28, 1981

4

4-90-4-91

Southeast corner of Second Avenue and
Spring Street

Building held The Majestic Theatre, 1909-1911; The Empress,
through 1916; The Palace Hip through 1929; closed in 1935 and converted to
offices and parking garages.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3037, 3038).From The Seattle Times, July 23,
1981.

circa 1930

4

4-92

Frederick and Nelson company in the
Rialto Building on northwest corner of Second Avenue and Madison
Street

From The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, February 14, 1965.Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3027).

circa 1900

4

4-93

Building at corner of Second Avenue
and Columbia Street, on "Boston Block"

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3026).From the Seattle Times.

circa 1896-1901

4

4-94

Building on southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Seneca Street

Leslie Hamilton (2870) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-95

View south down Second Avenue at
Seneca Streeet

From "Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (88-7) on February 6, 1980.

1978

4

4-96

View north down Second Avenue between
Spring and Seneca streets

Leslie Hamilton (2625) (photographer)

July 26, 1981

4

4-97

View south of corner of Second Avenue
and Spring Street

Leslie Hamilton (2623) (photographer)

July 26, 1981

4

4-98

U.S. Federal Reserve Bank in building
on the southwest corner of Second Avenue and Spring Street, between Spring and
Madison streets

Leslie Hamilton (2624) (photographer)

July 26, 1981

4

4-99

Building on southeast corner of
Second Avenue and Spring Street, formerly the Majestic Theater, 1909-1911; The
Empress, 1911-1916; the Palace Hip, 1916-1929.

Leslie Hamilton (2622) (photographer)

July 26, 1981

4

4-100

View up Spring Street , southeast
corner of Second Avenue and Spring Street

Leslie Hamilton (2684) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-101

View north up Second Avenue from
corner of Spring Street and Second Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2627) (photographer)

July 26, 1981

4

4-102

Building on southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Spring Street

Leslie Hamilton (2866) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-103

Sign "Notice of Master Use Permit
Application" on building at 1000 Second Avenue, on southeast corner of Second
Avenue and Spring Street

Leslie Hamilton (2626) (photographer)

July 26, 1981

4

4-104

Looking up Second Avenue at northeast
corner of Second Avenue and Spring Street

Leslie Hamilton (2867) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-105

Building on northwest corner of
Second Avenue and Spring Streeet

Leslie Hamilton (2868) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-106

Building on southeast corner of
Second Avenue and Madison Street

Leslie Hamilton (2861) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-107

View up Madison Street, southeast
corner of Second Avenue and Madison Street

Leslie Hamilton (2862) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-108

Federal Reserve Bank in building on
west side of Second Avenue at Madison Street

Leslie Hamilton (353-19) (photographer)

Courtesy of Seattle Public Library.

July 13, 1974

4

4-109

Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco, Seattle branch, at 1015 Second Avenue, at corner of Madison
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1270).Courtesy of Seattle Public Library (SPL20781).

1950

4

4-110

Buildings on southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Madison Street

Leslie Hamilton (2863) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-111

Frederick & Nelson's Store, on
northwest corner of Second Avenue and Madison Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (99).Negative #299.

1915

4

4-112

Looking north from Madison Street at
Second Avenue; Frederick & Nelson Store on left in foreground, American
Savings Bank on right in foreground.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (162) on October 7, 1974.Courtesy Seattle Public Library (SPL22962).

1905

4

4-113

View west at the Norton Building, 801
Second Avenue, between Columbia and Marion streets

Leslie Hamilton (2612) (photographer)

July 21, 1981

4

4-114-4-115

View west at the Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce, on Second Avenue between Columbia and Marion
streets

Leslie Hamilton (2609, 2610) (photographer)

July 21, 1981

4

4-116

View west at The Bank of California,
on Second Avenue between Madison and Marion streets

Leslie Hamilton (2611) (photographer)

July 21, 1981

4

4-117

Federal Office Building, on Second
Avenue between Madison and Marion streets. Archway from the Burke Building
remains on this site

Leslie Hamilton (7-23) (photographer)

July 24, 1977

4

4-118, 4-119, 4-120

View east of construction site at
southeast corner of Second Avenue and Madison Street

Leslie Hamilton (3365, 3366, 3367) (photographer)

March 23, 1982

4

4-121

L.C. Smith Building on northeast
corner of Second Avenue and Yesler Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (92-2) on March 2, 1982.Caption: The 42-story L.C. Smith Building, weighing about
49,000 gross tons, rests upon this approximate 800 tons of steel which is
imbedded [sic] in about 4000 barrels of concrete lying over 1281 concrete
friction piles.

1913

4

4-122-4-123

View north up Second Avenue on
northeast corner of Second Avenue and Marion Street

Leslie Hamilton (2860, 2859) (photographer)

November 27, 1981

4

4-124

View north up Second Avenue at Cherry
Street

From "Seattle Then and Now."Copied by Leslie Hamilton (81-20).

1970s

4

4-125

West side of Second Avenue from
between James Street and Cherry Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (13-21).

September 11, 1977

4

4-126

The Collins Building on southeast
corner of Second Avenue and James Street

Leslie Hamilton (2470) (photographer)

April 20, 1981

4

4-127

Looking down Second Avenue at the
Collins Building on southeast corner of Second Avenue and James
Street

View north down Second Avenue from
Yesler Way. At right are the Smith Building, the Collins Block, the Alaska
Building; at left are the Yesler Block, the Seattle Hotel, the Butler Hotel,
the Bailey Building (Railway Exchange) and the Hodge Building

View of Wyckoff House on the
southeast corner of Second Avenue and Cherry Street (built before 1860,
demolished in 1903

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (677).Grand Opera House at 217 Cherry St., opened October 8, 1900;
the Alaska Building, on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Cherry
Street, built in 1903.Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL15226).

circa 1900-1903

4

4-159

The Burke Building on northwest
corner of Second Avenue and Marion Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2841).Courtesy Seattle Public Library, History of Frederick & Nelson book.Caption: The second location of Frederick & Nelson at
1213 Second Avenue -- formerly occupied by the Queen City Furniture Co. This
picture was take before the new "Frederick & Nelson" sign was in place. The
tent real-eestate office is at left. Furniture was always displayed on the
plank sidewalk, weather permitting.

circa 1891

4

4-164

Building on northeast corner of
Second Avenue and Union Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3051).Courtesy the Seattle Times.

1913

4

4-165

Frye-Bruhn Co.'s first meat market on
Columbia Street between First and Second avenues

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (E-19).Caption: Fry & Co. 1888. In 1888, Charles H. Frye, his
brother Frank and Charles Bruhn came to Seattle from Davenport, Iowa. They
opened a meat market known as the Fruy-Bruhn Co., and in 1891 an Elliott Bay
meat packing plant was added to the operation. Nineteen prosperous later, Frye
bought out his partners and incorporated his firm as Frye & Co. The firm's
ventures included raising sheep and cattle, producing wheat, flax and oats,
exploring for oil and growing lettuce through its branches in Oregon,
California, Hawaii and Alaska. Its wholly owned subsidiaries were Union
Stockyards and Popular Livestock Co. of Montana. The company headed by Mrs.
I.K. Greathouse, who also administers the Charles Frye Foundation, 1952 founder
of the Charles & Emma Frye Art museum. In order to sustain one of the
city's few free-to-the-public art museums, the Frues donated their extensive
art collection, the building, property and investments.
-- Seattle Business, August 9, 1976

1890

4

4-166

The Bon Marche Men's & Boy's
store on the northwest corner of Second Avenue and Union Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2158).

circa 1910

4

4-167

View north on Second Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (259).Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL5157).

Seattle
Post-Intelligencer building at corner of Second Avenue and Cherry
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (E-35).Caption: The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, 1863. Seattle's first newspaper -- "the Puget Sound
Gazette" was published as a four page weekly (only when there was sufficient
national news to print) by editor James Watson. In 1867, the Gazette became the
"Weekly Intelligencer," and by 1881, after a series of mergers with other
papers, the name Post-Intelligencer was adopted.
In the 1880s under the management of Leigh S. J. Hunt, the paper eveolvedd from
a typical country sheet to a well-staffed metropolitan daily. The P.I. has been
published in ten different locations, from its first plant at First &
Yesler to its present Sixth & Wall location, where it moved in 1948. Robert
E. Thompson, former national editor of the Hearst newspapers, is the current
publisher. -- Seattle Business, August 9, 1976.

1863

4

4-171

The Hinckley Block, on the corner of
Second Avenue and Columbia Street

W.P. Fuller & Co. in Chapin
Building on southwest corner of Second Avenue and Jackson Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3573).

undated

5

5-31

Aerial view of Second Avenue looking
north, Empire Building on southeast corner of Second Avenue and Madison
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3989). Courtesy P. Dorpat.

circa 1910 (?)

5

5-32

The Brooklyn Hotel on southeast
corner of Second Avenue and University Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3566)

undated

5

5-33

The Collins Building on corner of
Second Avenue and James Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (631) Courtesy the Seattle Public Library (SPL15355).Second home of the Seattle Public Library, 1894-1896.
Collins Building built in 1890.

circa 1895

5

5-34

The Burke Building on corner of
Second Avenue and Marion Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (81) on September 7, 1974.Courtesy the Seattle Public Library (SPL21643).

circa 1895

5

5-35

Wilson's Modern Business College in
the Collins Building, on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and James
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (631). Courtesy the Seattle Public Library (SPL15355).Collins Building built in 1890.

circa 1905

5

5-36

The Collins Building at Second Avenue
and James Street

Leslie Hamilton (2471) (photographer)

April 20, 1981

5

5-37

Views of shorthand and typewriting
rooms in Wilson's Modern Business College

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1175).Courtesy Washington
Illustrated.

circa 1901

5

5-38

Wilson's Modern Business College,
shorthand room

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1174). Courtesy Washington
Illustrated.

circa 1901

5

5-39

Hoge Building on northwest corner of
Second Avenue and Cherry Street on the Post-Intelligencer block.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3571).

undated

5

5-40

Hotel Butler at northwest corner of
Second Avenue and James Street, across from the Pioneer Building

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3587).

undated

5

5-41

The Butler Hotel on the northwest
corner of Second Avenue and James Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4459). From the Seattle Times "Now and
Then" August 7, 1983. Built in 1889-1890. See #4460.

circa 1903

5

5-42

The old Butler Hotel in building on
northwest corner of Second Avenue and James Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4460). From the Seattle Times "Now and
Then," August 7, 1983. For "then," see #4459.The Butler Hotel was remodeled in 1929-1930.

1983

5

5-43

Building on southwest corner of
Second Avenue and Columbia Street; Hinkley block, Down's block,
Post-Intelligencer block

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3213).

circa 1890

5

5-44

Building at Second Avenue and Yesler
Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3221).

undated

5

5-45

Holloway Duncan Harness Co. at
309-313 Second Avenue South

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3588).

undated

5

5-46

Southwest view of intersection at
Second Avenue and Yesler Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (557) on July 3, 1975. Courtesy the Seattle Public Library (SPL22635).

circa 1925

5

5-47

London's Store at 1111 Second
Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1648) on October 5, 1979. Courtesy of L. Hoffman.

April 1905

5

5-48

Aerial view south down on Second
Avenue at Washington Street of fire departmente headquarters

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3888). Courtesy P. Dorpat.

August 13, 1928

5

5-49

Horses on Second Avenue at Yesler
Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3735). Courtesy P. Dorpat.

circa 1909

Volume 6: Third Avenue

binder

6

Modern images

Views of 3rd Avenue from Denny Way to Marion Street from the
1970s to the early 1980s. Includes the intersections at Denny, Broad, Clay,
Cedar, Vine, Wall, Battery, Bell, Pike, Union, University, Spring, Seneca,
Madison, and Marion. Also includes images of the Stratford Hotel.

Album

item

6

6-1

Southwest corner of Third Avenue and
the south side of Denny Way, between Second and Third avenues

Leslie Hamilton (2576) (photographer)

July 21, 1981

6

6-2

Building on southeast corner of Third
Avenue and Clay Street

Leslie Hamilton (2705) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-3

Northeast corner of Third Avenue and
Clay Street, with Space Needle in background

Leslie Hamilton (2704) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-4

Building on northwest corner of Third
Avenue and Clay Street

Leslie Hamilton (2693) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-5

Building on the east side of Second
Avenue between Denny Way and Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (4193) (photographer)

June 5, 1983

6

6-6

View west of Denny Way at Third
Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (4195) (photographer)

June 5, 1983

6

6-7

Building on northwest corner of Third
Avenue and Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (4192) (photographer)

June 5, 1983

6

6-8

Building on northwest corner of Third
Avenue and Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (4192) (photographer)

March 6, 1983

6

6-9

View east of building on corner of
Second Avenue and Denny Way

Leslie Hamilton (4069) (photographer)

March 6, 1983

6

6-10

Building on northwest corner of Third
Avenue and Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (4068) (photographer)

March 6, 1983

6

6-11

Building on east side of Second
Avenue between Denny Way and Broad Street

Leslie Hamilton (4196) (photographer)

June 6, 1983

6

6-12

Building at intersection of Denny Way
and Second Avenue, looking east

Leslie Hamilton (4194) (photographer)

June 5, 1983

6

6-13

View south down Third Avenue from
Clay Street

Leslie Hamilton (2706) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-14

Southwest corner of Third Avenue and
Cedar Street

Leslie Hamilton (2695) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

Box/Folder

6

6-15

Southeast corner of Third Avenue and Cedar
Street

September 16, 1981

Album

6

6-16

Northeast corner of Third Avenue and
Cedar Street

Leslie Hamilton (2708) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-17

Northwest corner of Third Avenue and
Cedar Street

Leslie Hamilton (2694) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-18

The Old Vine Court at 2600-2610 Third
Avenue; south view of Third Avenue at Cedar Street

Leslie Hamilton (2399) (photographer)

March 17, 1981

6

6-19

Northwest corner of Third Avenue and
Vine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2691) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-20

Northeast corner of Third Avenue and
Vine Street, with Space Needle in background

Leslie Hamilton (2710) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-21

Northwest corner of Third Avenue and
Vine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2711) (photographer)

July 21, 1981

6

6-22

Southeast corner of Third Avenue and
Vine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2709) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-23

Looking southwest down Third Avenue
at Vine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2596) (photographer)

July 21, 1981

6

6-24

Northeast corner of Third Avenue and
Wall Street with Space Needle in background

Leslie Hamilton (2715) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-25

Northwest corner of Third Avenue and
Wall Street

Leslie Hamilton (2701) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-26

Building at southeast corner of Third
Avenue and Wall Street

Leslie Hamilton (2712) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-27

Northeast corner of Third Avenue and
Wall Street; Belltown School was between Vine and Cedar streets

Leslie Hamilton (71-10) (photographer)

June 23, 1979

6

6-28

Northwest corner of Third Avenue and
Wall Street, looking north from Wall Street

Leslie Hamilton (2700) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-29

Northwest corner of Third Avenue and
Wall Street

Leslie Hamilton (2699) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-30

Looking south down Third Avenue from
Wall Street

Leslie Hamilton (2698) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-31

Southeast corner of Third Avenue and
Battery Street

Leslie Hamilton (2713) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-32

Northeast corner of Third Avenue and
Battery Street, with Space Needle in background

Leslie Hamilton (2714) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-33

Northwest corner of Third Avenue and
Battery Street

Leslie Hamilton (2702) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-34

Northeast corner of Third Avenue and
Bell Street

Leslie Hamilton (2716) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-35

Bell Street Park, at southwest corner
of Third Avenue and Bell Street

Leslie Hamilton (2703) (photographer)

September 16, 1981

6

6-36

Looking east on Pike Street from
Third Avenue, with Ranke Hall in background

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1105).Caption: United States Post Office, Seattle -- This
substantial stone building, erected for the use of the Post Office Department,
is conveniently situated at the corner of Third Avenue and Union Street. A busy
place now.

circa 1909

6

6-38

Looking north down Third Avenue
between Pine Street and Stewart Street; the Securities Building

Views of 4th Avenue from Vine Street to Jackson from the 1950s
to the early 1980s. Includes intersections of Vine, Wall, Battery, Lenora,
Virginia, Stewart, Olive, Line, Pike, University, Union, Spring, Seneca,
Madison, Marion, Washington, and Jackson. Also includes images of the monorail,
Coliseum Theatre, Frederick and Nelson department store, Rainier Bank Building
under construction in 1975, Cobb Building, Metropolitan Building, and the White
Building.

Historical images

Album

item

7

7-1

East view down Wall Street from
between Thrid and Fourth avenues; the Devonshire Apartments on Fifth Avenue and
Wall Street

Leslie Hamilton (4053) (photographer)

March 3, 1983

7

7-2

Northeast corner of Fourth Avenue at
Wall Street

Leslie Hamilton (4054) (photographer)

March 3, 1983

7

7-3

Southwest corner of Vine Street and
Fourth Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (4055) (photographer)

March 3, 1983

7

7-4

Southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and
Vine Street

Leslie Hamilton (4056) (photographer)

March 3, 1983

7

7-5

Northwest corner of Fourth Avenue and
Vine Street

Leslie Hamilton (4057) (photographer)

March 3, 1983

7

7-6-7-7

Seattle Post-Intelligencer building on the north side of Wall
Street between Fifth and Fourth avenues

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (571) on June 16, 1977.Courtesty Seattle Public Library (SPL20051).

1950

Volume 8: Fifth Avenue

binder

8

Modern images

Features views of 5th Avenue from Wall Street to Jackson from
the 1950s to the early 1980s. Includes Wall, Battery, Lenora, Virginia,
Stewart, Westlake, Pine, Pike, Union, University, Seneca, Spring, Madison,
Marion, Cherry, James, Yesler, Jackson. Also includes images of the Olympic
Hotel, U.S. Courthouse, the monorail, Seattle Municipal Building, Public Safety
Building, and Northern Life Tower.

Album

item

8

8-1

Southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and
Battery Street

Leslie Hamilton (71-13) (photographer)

June 23, 1979

8

8-2

The Ben Franklin Hotel, on the
southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Virginia Street

Leslie Hamilton (1898) (photographer)

July 6, 1980

8

8-3

East view of Fifth Avenue at Madison
Street

Leslie Hamilton (1990) (photographer)

July 14, 1980

8

8-4

United States Courthouse, on the east
side of Fifth Avenue between Spring and Madison streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1107).Caption: Rainier Club, Seattle -- This typical modern
club-house, situated at Fourth Avenue, S.W. corner Cherry, is considered one of
the most complete and commodious establishments of the kind in Seattle. The
leading social clubs of the city, besides the Rainier, are the University Club,
the Seattle Athletic Club, the Golf and Country Club, and the Country Club.

circa 1909

8

8-59

Federal Courthouse on the east side
of Fifth Avenue between Spring and Madison streets

Leslie Hamilton (4434) (photographer)

July 6, 1983

8

8-60

Olympic Hotel, on Fourth Avenue and
Seneca Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (88-10) on February 6, 1980."Seattle Then & Now."

The Rainier Hotel, at the northeast
corner of Fifth Avenue and Columbia Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3559).

undated

8

8-98

North view up Fifth and Sixth avenues
from Seventh Avenue and Terrace Street; Sixth Avenue at right, with Rainier
Hotel at Marion and Madison streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4010).Courtesy of P. Dorpat

circa 1908

Historical images

Volume 9: 6th and 7th Avenues

binder

9

Modern images

Consists of views of 6th Avenue from Wall Street to Cherry
from the 1950s to the early 1980s. Includes intersections of Wall, Battery,
Blanchard, Westlake, Stewart, Olive, Pine, Pike, Union, Spring, Seneca,
Madison, Marion, Columbia, Cherry, and Main. Also includes images of the
Seattle Post Intelligencer Building at 6th and Wall, Medical Dental Building,
and Seafirst Plaza, as well as views of 7th Avenue from Olive to Madison from
the 1970s to the early 1980s. In addition are images of the intersections of
Olive, Pine, Pike, Union, Spring, and Madison, and images of the Music Hall and
the Eagles Auditorium.

Album

item

9

9-1

View east on Olive Way at Sixth
Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2778) (photographer)

September 26, 1981

9

9-2

Southeast corner of Sixth Avenue and
Olive Way

Leslie Hamilton (2777) (photographer)

September 26, 1981

9

9-3

View east of Klopfensteins store on
Sixth Avenue and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2776) (photographer)

September 26, 1981

9

9-4

View south at Sixth Avenue and Olive
Way

Leslie Hamilton (2779) (photographer)

September 26, 1981

9

9-5

Southeast corner of Sixth Avenue and
Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (2787) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-6

Northeast corner of Sixth Avenue and
Olive Way

Leslie Hamilton (2800) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-7

View east on Olive Way at Sixth
Street

Leslie Hamilton (2799) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-8

View north on Sixth Street at Olive
Way

Leslie Hamilton (2798) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-9

Northwest corner of Sixth Avenue and
Olive Way

Leslie Hamilton (2797) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-10

View north on Sixth Avenue at
Westlake Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2806) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-11

View north on Sixth Avenue at
Westlake Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2805) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-12

View north of Stewart Street at Sixth
Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2807) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-13

West view of Sixth Avenue at Olive
Way

Leslie Hamilton (2803) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-14

Southwest corner of Sixth Avenue at
Olive Street

Leslie Hamilton (2801) (photographer)

October 31, 1981

9

9-15

North view of corner of Sixth Avenue
and Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (3047)) (photographer)

January 3, 1982

9

9-16

South view of corner of Sixth Avenue
and Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (3049) (photographer)

January 3, 1982

9

9-17

Southwest corner of Sixth Avenue at
Pine Street

Leslie Hamilton (3048) (photographer)

January 3, 1982

9

9-18

Northeast corner of Sixth Avenue at
Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (3046) (photographer)

January 3, 1982

9

9-19

Northwest corner of Sixth Avenue at
Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (3045) (photographer)

January 3, 1982

9

9-20

East side of Sixth Avenue at Wall
Street; Seattle Post-Intelligencer
building

Comprised of views of 8th Avenue at the intersections of
Stewart, Olive, Howell, and Cherry from the 1970s to the early 1980s. Features
views of 9th Avenue at the intersections of Cherry and James; views of Westlake
at the intersections of Stewart, Olive, Pine, and Pike from the 1970s to the
early 1980s; and images of the monorail, the John McGraw Statue at Westlake and
Stewart, Fidelity Lane, Columbus Hospital at Boren and Madison, Dearborn House
at Minor and Seneca, Piedmont Hotel at Summit and Seneca, Stacy House at Boren
and Madison, Sorrento Hotel at Ferry and Madison, Virginia Mason Hospital, and
Frye Art Museum.

Album

item

10

10-1

South view down Eighth Avenue at
Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (70-10) (photographer)

April 22, 1979

10

10-2

Southwest corner of Eighth Avenue at
Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2054) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

10

10-3

Northwest corner of Eighth Avenue at
Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2056) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

10

10-4

Northwest corner of Eighth Avenue and
Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (2057) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

10

10-5

Southwest corner of Eighth Avenue and
Stewart Street, looking west on Stuart Street

Aerial view north up Westlake Avenue
and Pine Street, from Monorail platform

Leslie Hamilton (2241) (photographer)

December 15, 1980

10

10-66

North view up Westlake Avenue between
Pine Street and Olive Way

Leslie Hamilton (2217) (photographer)

November 16, 1980

10

10-67

West view down Westlake Avenue
between Pine Street and Olive Way

Leslie Hamilton (2219) (photographer)

November 16, 1980

10

10-68

West view on Westlake Avenue at Olive
Way, with Monorail tracks

Leslie Hamilton (2221) (photographer)

November 16, 1980

10

10-69

South view down Westlake Avenue at
Olive Way

Leslie Hamilton (2249) (photographer)

December 15, 1980

10

10-70

North view on Westlake Avenue at
Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (20-9) (photographer)

April 23, 1978

10

10-71

West view on Stewart Street at
Westlake Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (20-8) (photographer)

April 23, 1978

10

10-72

John McGraw Square, looking west at
Westlake Avenue and Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (20-6) (photographer)

April 23, 1978

10

10-73

West view of monorail tracks, at
Westlake Avenue and Olive Way

Leslie Hamilton (70-16) (photographer)

April 22, 1979

10

10-74

West view at Westlake Avenue between
Pine Street and Olive Way

Leslie Hamilton (2244) (photographer)

December 15, 1980

10

10-75

West view of Fidelity Lane, between
Westlake Avenue and Fourth Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2247) (photographer)

December 15, 1980

10

10-76

West view at Fidelity Lane, alley
entrance between Westlake Avenue and Fourth Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2245) (photographer)

December 15, 1980

10

10-77

West view of Fidelity Lane, between
Fourth Avenue and Westlake Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (2246 (photographer)

December 15, 1980

10

10-78

East view of Fidelity Lane on Fourth
Avenue between Pine Street, Westlake Avenue and Olive Way

Leslie Hamilton (2248) (photographer)

December 15, 1980

10

10-79

Continental Trailways building, top
of Ben Franklin Hotel, west view on Eighth Avenue between Stewart and Virginia
streets

Leslie Hamilton (2064) (photographer)

August 9, 1980

10

10-80

617-619 Ninth Ave.,

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3228).

circa 1900

10

10-81

617-619 Ninth Avenue, U.S. Assay
Office

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3229).

circa 1900

Historical images

Volume 11: Parks

binder

11

Modern and historical views of
Madison Park and vicinity

Consists of a 1973 view of Madison Park and historical views
from 1867 to 1910, including images of the pavilion and amusement center.

1867-1910, 1973

11

Modern and historical view of
Leschi Park

Consists of 1955-1975 views of Leschi Park, as well as
historical views from the 1890s to 1909 showing the Leschi Park Pavilion (Lake
Washington Casino), boat landing, Yesler cable car and power house, and Lake
Washington Restaurant.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (K-15) in April 1977.From "Washington Illustrated."

1901

11

11-56

Japanese pagoda lantern in Mt. Baker
Park

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3001).Presented to Seattle in 1911 to commemorate goodwill between
Seattle and Japanese businessmen.

April 16, 1961

11

11-57

On the shores of Lake Washington
postcard

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1099) in March 1977.Caption: "One of the largest lakes in the State. It lies
along the eastern boundary of Seattle, is twenty-two miles long, about two
miles wide, and very deep. Its shores are covered with richest verdure..."

circa 1909

11

11-58

The Lake Washington Drive

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (813) on April 19, 1977.

circa 1914

11

11-59

Seattle picnic spot
postcard

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (778) in April 1977.Caption: "A Familiar Landmark. -- Picturesque spot on
Seattle boulevard system, which was constructed at a cost of $500,000 and
furnishes some of the grandest scenery in America. Improvement work in this
direction still going on.

circa 1900-1910

11

11-60

Union Bay, Lake
Washington

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1185).

circa 1909

11

11-61

Woodland Park -- east entrance at N.
55th St. and Phinney Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (3-15) (photographer)

June 11, 1977

11

11-62

Third Street streetcar to Lake Union
and Ravenna Park, near the entrance to Ravenna Park

Kinnear Park, looking north on West
Olympic Place from 620 West Olympic Place

Leslie Hamilton (1395B) (photographer)

March 24, 1978

Album

11

11-117

Kinnear Park, looking north on West
Olympic Place from 620 West Olympic Place

Leslie Hamilton (1393) (photographer)

March 24, 1978

11

11-118

Kinnear Park, looking northwest from
620 West Olympic Place

Leslie Hamilton (1395C) (photographer)

March 24, 1978

11

11-119

Kinnear Park, looking west from 620
West Olympic Place

Leslie Hamilton (1392C) (photographer)

March 24, 1978

11

11-120

Kinnear Park, west side at West
Olympic Place at approximately Seventh Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (1400B) (photographer)

March 26, 1978

11

11-121

Kinnear Park playground, looking
north

Leslie Hamilton (52-11) (photographer)

October 15, 1978

11

11-122

Kinnear Park, children on
swingset

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2964).

August 1958

11

11-123

Kinnear Paark, looking northwest from
620 West Olympic Place

Leslie Hamilton (1395A) (photographer)

March 24, 1978

11

11-124

The Chelsea and Kinnear
Park

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1170) in April 1977.Caption: View in the Chelsea and Kinnear Park, Seattle. --
One of the many beautiful parks of which the people of Seattle are justly
proud. A plan is being formulated for the connectioni of all the city parks by
a network of boulevards.

From "Prosperous Washington."

circa 1906 (?)

11

11-125

Kinnear Park

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (786) in March 1977.Caption: Kinnear Park. -- Commands a sweeping view of Puget
Sound and Seattle's magnificent waterfront. One of the many delightful retreats
for which Seattle is famous. Located on the southern slope of Queen Anne
Hill.

undated

11

11-126

Kinnear Park, looking
south

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3920).Courtesy the Duffy Collection.

undated

11

11-127

Path in Kinnear Park, looking
south

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3919).Courtesy the Duffy Collection.

undated

Volume 12: Parks #2

Album

item

12

12-1

Freeway Park; Eighth Avenue overpass,
between Seneca and University streets, looking north

Bell Street Park playground, looking
southeast from alley between Third and Second avenues, on Bell
Street

Leslie Hamilton (92-6) (photographer)

March 3, 1980

12

12-42

Third Avenue and Bell Street,
southwest corner

Leslie Hamilton (92-4) (photographer)

March 2, 1980

12

12-43

Bell Street Park, southwest corner of
Bell Street and Third Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (92-5) (photographer)

March 2, 1980

12

12-44

Camp Long; All-City Senior Walking
Club

Leslie Hamilton (2175) (photographer)

October 20, 1980

12

12-45

Camp Long; All-City Senior Walking
Club

Leslie Hamilton (2178) (photographer)

October 20, 1980

12

12-46

Camp Long; All-City Senior Walking
Club

Leslie Hamilton (2176) (photographer)

October 20, 1980

12

12-47

Camp Long; All-City Senior Walking Club

Leslie Hamilton (2177) (photographer)

October 20, 1980

12

12-48

Camp Long; All-City Senior Walking
Club

Leslie Hamilton (2174) (photographer)

October 20, 1980

12

12-49

Camp Long; All-City Senior Walking
Club

Leslie Hamilton (2181) (photographer)

October 20, 1980

12

12-50

Camp Long; All-City Senior Walking
Club

Leslie Hamilton (2180) (photographer)

October 20, 1980

12

12-51

Camp Long; All-City Senior Walking
Club

Leslie Hamilton (2179) (photographer)

October 20, 1980

12

12-52

Discovery Park; Senior Walking
Club

Leslie Hamilton (2003) (photographer)

July 16, 1980

12

12-53

Discovery Park; Senior Walking
Club

Leslie Hamilton (2003T) (photographer)

July 16, 1980

12

12-54

Discovery Park, north bluff; Senior
Walking Club

Leslie Hamilton (1999) (photographer)

July 16, 1980

12

12-55

Discovery Park, north bluff; Senior
Walking Club

Leslie Hamilton (2002) (photographer)

July 16, 1980

12

12-56

Discovery Park, north bluff; Senior
Walking Club

Leslie Hamilton (2000) (photographer)

July 16, 1980

12

12-57

Discovery Park, north bluff; Senior
Walking Club

Leslie Hamilton (2001) (photographer)

July 16, 1980

12

12-58

Gas Plant Park, looking east at Lake
Union from the view mound

Leslie Hamilton (45-15) (photographer)

Later Gas Works Park.

September 16, 1978

12

12-59

Gas Plant Park, looking northeast
from the view mound

Leslie Hamilton (45-17) (photographer)

September 16, 1978

12

12-60

Gas Plant Park, looking northeast
from the view mound

Leslie Hamilton (45-16) (photographer)

September 16, 1978

12

12-61

Northeastern shore of Green
Lake

Copied by Leslie Hamilton.Caption: The northeast shore of Greenlake, circa 1898. The
large white house to the left is at 7419 Corliss Avenue. The area to the right
is where the Library and fieldhouse are now situated. A.B. Wilse photo 874-C.
Historical Society of Seattle and King County #2796.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4432).Caption: In 1891 part of the Everett Smith family posed in
front of their large madrona at their home, Morningside, near Seward Park.From the Seattle Times "Now and
Then," July 3, 1983.

1891

12

12-123

Harold Smith poses at Morningside,
near Seward Park

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4433).From the Seattle Times' "Now
and Then," 1983.Caption: Harold V. Smith, a boy in the earlier picture,
still returns to the site of his family home and the madrona, considered to be
the largest in the Puget Sound area.

1983

12

12-124

Children join hands in
playground

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (80-11).

undated

12

12-125

Children, crowd in procession,
festival in park

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (80-10).

undated

12

12-126

Looking north at Dexter Avenue and
Denny Way, Denny Park

Leslie Hamilton (73-5) (photographer)

July 8, 1979

12

12-127

Denny Park, looking East on Dexter
Avenue between Denny Avenue and John Street

Leslie Hamilton (73-6) (photographer)

July 8, 1979

12

12-128

Freeway Park, looking
east

Leslie Hamilton (no number) (photographer)

November 1976

12

12-129

Seward Park Amphitheater

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2963).

July 24, 1955

12

12-130

View southwest from Smith Tower at
Occidental Park

Leslie Hamilton (352) (photographer)

June 11, 1974

12

12-131

View south from Smith Tower at
Occidental Avenue South and Main Street, Occidental Park

Leslie Hamilton (945) (photographer)

June 11, 1974

Volume 13: Views of downtown Seattle

Aerial and bird's-eye views of downtown Seattle, 1880s to early
1980s.

1880s-1980s

Album

item

13

13-1

Aerial view looking north on downtown
Seattle, Third Avenue and Columbia Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4009).Courtesy P. Dorpat.

circa 1911-1912

13

13-2

Aerial view looking north on downtown
Seattle, with King County Stadium (Kingdome) in foreground, Space Needle and
Lake Union in background

Aerial view looking south from Smith
Tower at Kingdome Stadium, under construction, with Occidental Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (345).

June 11, 1974

13

13-25

View south on Alaskan Way from the
Marion Street overpass

Leslie Hamilton (511) (photographer)

October 7, 1974

13

13-26

North view from Lane Street and
Fourth Avenue South

Leslie Hamilton (548) (photographer)

June 1975

13

13-27

Looking north from about Charles
Street with Fourth Avenue South

Leslie Hamilton (549) (photographer)

June 14, 1975

13

13-28

Looking north from approximately
Third Avenue South near South Charles Street

Leslie Hamilton (550) (photographer)

June 14, 1975

13

13-29

View southwest from Jackson Street at
Third Avenue South

Leslie Hamilton (551) (photographer)

June 14, 1975

13

13-30

View south from Jackson Street and
Third Avenue South at King Street, Kingdome

Leslie Hamilton (552) (photographer)

June 14, 1975

13

13-31

Kingdome, Second Avenue South from
Jackson Street, looking south

Leslie Hamilton (553) (photographer)

June 14, 1975

13

13-32

The Old Public Safety Building, on
Fourht Avenue at Terrace Street and Yesler Street, from the Smith
Tower

Leslie Hamilton (1062) (photographer)

May 24, 1972

13

13-33

View east of foot of Spring Street
and Madison Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3721).Courtesy of Paul Dorpat.

circa 1910

13

13-34

View north of Railroad Avenue and
Seneca Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3716).Courtesy of Paul Dorpat.

circa 1910 (?)

13

13-35

View southeast from the Smith Tower
of the Burlington-Northern Depot on Fourth Avenue South

Leslie Hamilton (757) (photographer)

May 24, 1972

13

13-36

View of Mt. Rainier behind Seattle
skyline

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (784).Caption: Seattle, Wash. -- The capital of King County, seat
of State University, Site of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Population (1909)
300,000. Situated on Elliott Bay, an arm of Puget Sound, which has a shore line
of two thousand miles, and is one of the greatest harbors in the world. Gateway
to the Orient and home port of a large fleet of coastwise steamers.

circa 1909

13

13-37

View of a Seattle residence district,
postcard

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1182).From "Washington Illustrated."Caption: Seattle is fast becoming a city of beautiful homes.
House building continues with little interruption during every month in hte
year. Men and women now living have seen Seattle grow from its first log cabin
to the present proud proportions. Nov. 13, 1901, was teh fiftieth anniversary
of the evermemorable landing of the first white settlers at or near the present
site of the city of Seattle.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (160).Caption: First Picture of Seattle, taken in 1864. This gives
a clear idea of how the village looked twelve years after its founding. The
street in the foreground is First Avenue South. Note the the original
University away off in the woods. Toward the right, the large building with the
flagpole is the famous Occidental Hotel.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (P-26).Courtesy Washington Illustrated.Caption: Seattle is located in the geographical centre of
the Puget Sound country, and is entered -- as their practical terminus -- by
three trans-continental railroads -- the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific
and the Canadian Pacific.

Canadian Pacific Steamship Company on
Pier 1 at the foot of Yesler Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (150).

circa 1915

15

15-61

Steamships and Pier 2, looking east
on the Seattle waterfront

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (148).

circa 1915

15

15-62

"The Acorn" (built 1924, 65 feet)
from the Oak Harbor Utsalady Ferry

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1288).

undated

15

15-63

Steamer "Minnesota" lying at the dock
in Smith's Cove

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (113).

circa 1914

15

15-64

Ships and piers on the Seattle
waterfront, looking East

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3764).

undated

15

15-65

Fisher Flouring Mill with fishing
boats in the foreground on the waterfront, looking North from the Spokane
Street Viaduct

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (324).Seattle Public Library (SPL20068).

circa 1949

15

15-66

American Can Company on Alaskan Way
and Cedar Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1078).Seattle Public Library (14558).

circa 1925

15

15-67

Pacific tugboats towing the "Harry
Lundberg" up the Duwamish River

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (73-13).

undated

15

15-68

Pier 4 (later Pier 65) and steamship
at the foot of Seneca Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1108).

undated

15

15-69

Schooner "Wawona" (built 1897, 165
feet)

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1284).Courtesy of Marine Digest September 1977.

15

15-70

Typical waterfront trucks in front of the Great
Northern Passenger Depot on King Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1253).Photo courtesy Horace Raphael.Courtesy of Maritime Historical Society, September 1977.The first three trucks are Northwest and the last is an
Indiana. The men in the photograph are identified, left to right, as: Walt
Pryne, Jack Fortune, George McLaughlin, Bill Williams, and George Clator.

undated

15

15-71

Men and a small boy in front of rapid
transit truck owned by the Must Transfer Company

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1250).Courtesy of Maritime Historical Society, see September 1977
for the story.Men in the picture are Charlie Maust and Gaylord Maust on
left. The small boy is Harold Maust.

circa 1920

15

15-72

Steamship on Elliott Bay, looking
southeast over the waterfront and the city

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (568).Seattle Public Library (SPL20047).

circa 1950

15

15-73

Aerial view of the Alaskan Way
viaduct on the Seattle waterfront

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (653).Seattle Public Library (SPL20786).

circa 1952

15

15-74

Aerial view of the Alaskan Way
viaduct, looking northeast over the waterfront toward the business
district

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (565).Seattle Public Library (SPL21635).

circa 1956

15

15-75

Aerial view of the Alaskan Way
viaduct, looking southwest over the waterfront and business district to the
Cascades

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (569).Seattle Public Library (SPL21634).

circa 1956

15

15-76

Ainsworth & Dunn Wharf/Pier 70 at
the foot of Broad Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (962)."Ainsworth & Dunn/Pier 70 1889: Seattle's first
non-Indian retail fish market was opened right after the Seattle fire in 1889
by Elton E. Ainsworth and Arthur G. Dunn -- the two young men from New York
State who started the business in a little shack at the foot of Pike St., with
only $200 capital but considerably more ambition. Over the years that ambition
took the partners down many different roads but they all ended up along the
waterfront. A wholesale fish business (they were the first to send iced salmon
and halibut to eastern markets). Salmon canning at Pier 8 (now Pier 59) which
the two men themselves built. In 1901, Ainsworth & Dunn built another new
wharf at the foot of Broad St. (today it's Pier 70) and a brick warehouse
across the street (today's "Old Spagetti Factory"). Pier 14 (as Pier 70 was
known then) was alternately a marine terminal, a State Liquor Board warehouse
and a U.S. Coast Guard base -- and the warehouse became a soya bean flour mill.
The partners are deceased but their descendents still own and operate Pier 70
and the warehouse." Taken from Seattle BusinessAugust 9, 1976.

circa 1889

15

15-77

Ship in front of the Oregon
Improvement Company/Pier 49 on the Seattle waterfront at the foot of Washington
and North streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1589).Courtesy of Marianne McDonald.

June 6, 1891

15

15-78

Oregon Improvement Company machinist
shop on Jackson and Washington Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (505).Seattle Public Library (SPL5202).

undated

15

15-79

Harbor Island

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1947).University of Washington (UW20942).

circa 1911

15

15-80

Spokane Street trestles, looking from
Beacon Hill over the water toward West Seattle

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1435 and 3805).Courtesy of Paul Dorpat."'Hey brudda, which way I go?' Looking somewhat like a
Chinese puzzle, the Seattle waterfront tideflat was a maze of rail trestles and
deadent roads in the early days. Much of the area here has since been filled
in. The factory at the center of the photo is the Seattle Box Company. The West
Seattle area is in the background".

circa 1900

15

15-81

Aerial view of the Shilshole Marina
with Seaview Avenue in the foreground

Northward view of Railroad Avenue
from south of Columbia Street, at Main Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3766). Original photograph from Paul Dorpat.

1900 (?)

17

17-61

View of 12 identical stermwheelers;
in January 1898, the Moran brothers began construction of 12 identical
stermwheel steamers for the Yukon River trade in Alaska; they were completed in
eight months. The dozen 175-foot vessels steamed en masse to St. Michael, at
the mouth of the Yukon. Only one boat was lost.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3222).

1898

17

17-62

View of 12 Yukon River Steamers by
the Moran Brothers; near piers 37-46

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4206).Copied from theSeattle Times
"Now and Then," April 3, 1983. Caption: Built for Yukon River service, Moran's
12 shallow-draft steamers had a tough going on their way across the Gulf of
Alaska. Here they near the end of their construction on the tideflats south of
town. A lightly settled Beacon Hill is on the right. Picture courtesy of Randy
Hayes

1898

17

17-63

View of the Kingdome's southwest
parking lot, where the Moran ships were built; at the foot of Charles Street;
near Terminals 37-46

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4177).Copied from theSeattle Times
"Now and Then," April 3, 1983. "Twelve Ships Built on Tide Flats South of
Town."

Cable car hauling passengers from
Pike Street north to entrance of Washington Hotel atop Denny Hill, Virginia
Street between Third and Fourth avenues

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1661).Courtesy L. Gowey.Just right of main line, which can be seen shorter
counterbalance line. Discontinued in 1907.

circa 1904

18

18-22

Cable car at entrance of Washington
Hotel, on Virginia Street between Third and Fourth avenues

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1662).Courtesy L. Gowey.

circa 1904

18

18-23

Kinnear Park streetcar

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (424).

circa 1900-1905

18

18-24

Northeast corner of Second Avenue and
Pike Street, horse-drawn streetcar

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (428).

circa 1885

18

18-25

Yesler Way cable car, looking west
from near Lake Washington shortly before demise of the Yesler line

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1290).

undated

18

18-26

Streetcar ascends from the Yesler Way
powerhouse shortly after the rebuilding of the line at the end of the ninetenth
century

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (40-14).From the Seattle Historical Society. The rebuilding entailed
re-equipping the line with Ccalifornia type double ended cars, one of which is
shown below crossing Second Avenue early in the twentieth century.

circa 1900

18

18-27

View of the Yesler Way cable car,
shortly before the demise of the Yesler line

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1289).Caption: San Francisco's cable cars had nothing on those
that once rode the Yesler cable way. From downtown Seattle to the shores of
Lake Washington it was a "hilly" affair but a colorful experience for the
riders. These photos were taken shortly before the demise of the Yesler
line.

undated

18

18-28

James Street Powerhouse

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3879).Courtesy P. Dorpat

circa 1920

18

18-29

Yesler Way train in the era of the
Seattle City Railway

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (41-9).Car stands before the line's second powerhouse at Lake
Washington.

undated

18

18-30

Horse-drawn carriage from first stage
line at Harvard and Madison streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1579).Seattle's first transportation was a Wells-Fargo type of
stage line established in 1887. The fare was ten cents and hte line ended back
in the woods about where Harvard Avenue is today. The line was discontinued
with the opening of the Yesler and Madison calbe lines. The Madison line was
opened on March 28, 1890. This photograph is from a kodak picture taken by Mrs.
C. W. Parker in 1887.Courtesy Marianne McDonald.

1887

18

18-31

Yesler Way streetcar #2 loading at
the west end of the line on the last day of service

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (538).

August 10, 1940

18

18-32

First cable car (#13), original
Yesler car

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (535).

1941

18

18-33

Cable car at Sixth avenue West and
West McGraw Street, looking east

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1089).Courtesy L. Gowey.

July 30, 1940

18

18-34

Madison Street cable car to Lake
Washington and Madison Park

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (768).

April 15, 1940

18

18-35

Madison Street Line during
regrding

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (811).

undated

18

18-36

Madison Street cable car at First
Avenue , Warshall and Sons on the northeast corner of First Avenue and Madison
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3848).Courtesty the Seattle Times
April 22, 1962.

circa 1939

18

18-68

City bus, west side of Tenth Avenue
West between West Armour and West Fulton streets

Leslie Hamilton (2169) (photographer)

October 10, 1980

18

18-69

Westlake Avenue, view north along
tracks

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2539).

undated

18

18-70

S.S. Minnesota at sea

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (79-17).Built in 1905, scrapped in 1923.Seattle Public Library (SPL21625).

undated

18

18-71

Document: "Latona and City of Latona
have been taken to Lake Washington through the canal (portage...)"

Copied by Leslie Hamilton.

undated

18

18-72

The Latona, the frist regular
passenger steamer on Lake Union

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1517).

circa 1889

18

18-73

Lake Union, looking south. Western
Mill on shoreline

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1518).Seattle Public Library (SPL22915).

circa 1880-1885

18

18-74

West Seattle Ferry
landing

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1353B).The Seattle terminal for the West Seattle Ferry was at the
foot of Main Street until about 1911, then was just north of Colman Dock. circa
1900; City of Seattle Ferry; Ran between Seattle and West Seattle from 1888 to
1913. The West Seattle ferry dock was on a street called Railroad Avenue at
Louisiana Street. Railroad Avenue is now Harbor Avenue SW. The building was
still used as a boathouse in 1949.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4-10).Part of the Yesler Way line's Leschi Park development was
steamer service on Lake Washington. The company acquired the first steamboat on
the lake, Edith E.,and in 1889 ordered the larger
sidewheeler Kirkland.The steamers rain to Juanita,
Kirkland and Houghton from a pieer near the powerhouse. (Seattle Historical
Society).

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (F1).Fire station on SW corner of Minor and Virgnina streets.
Demolished in 1951, replaced by new building.Seattle Public Library (SPL20016).

1951

19

19-2

Fire station, engine house
#2

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (F2).Northeast corner of Third Avenue and Pine Street. Built in
1890, demolishe din 1906.

1890

19

19-3

Fire station, engine house
#2

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (F4).Northeast forner of Third Avenue and Pine Street. Built in
1906, demolished in 1921 for construction of the Bon Marche department
store.Seattle Public Library (SPL22746).

undated

19

19-4

Fire station engine house #4,
northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Battery Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (F5).Built in 1890, demolished in 1908; the original "Belltown"
fire station.Seattle Public Library (SPL22829).

undated

19

19-5

Fire station, engine house #2,
northeast forner of Third Avenue and Pine Street

Steampumper for Firehouse No. 13,
corner of 14th Avenue and South Massachusetts Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3525).Built 1904.

undated

19

19-33

Firehouse No. 4, northeast corner of
Fourth Avenue and Battery Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3526).Built 1890, demolished 1908

undadted

19

19-34

Seattle Fire boat "Alki" in
water

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1723).

1977

19

19-35

Fire station No 5, at the foot of
Madison Street on dock at Alaskan Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1724).Built 1917, demolished 1963

April 9, 1961

19

19-36

Seattle fire of 1889, view south from
Front and Spring streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (143).Fire started at the southwest corner of Front Street and
Madison Street.Seattle Public Library (SPL5097).

March 1910

19

19-37

Seattle fire of 1889, view south from
Second Avenue at Pine Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (684).

June 6, 1889

19

19-38

Firehouse No. 19, foot of
Massachusetts Street at the waterfront

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4395).Firehouse No. 19, built 1920, demolished 1966, at the foot
of South Massachusetts Street. Originally designated Firehouse No. 331, this
station was built for the historic fireboat Snoqualmie. It replaced the old
bunk shack quarters, built about 1909, of Engine Company 31, which manned the
Snoqualmie. From 1920 to 1927 it was headquarters for the First Battalion
Chief. In 1927 it was decided to move the fireboats to other locations, as
marine traffic congestion was continually forcing the Snoqualmie out of its
berth for extended periods of time. The Snoqualmie was moved to Lake Union at
the foot of Halladay Street and the Duwamish was transferred temporarily to the
foot of South Charles Street. After being abandoned during the 1930s, it was
reopened in 1946 as No. 19. The bulge running up the side of the firehouse is
the bay for the slide pole. Old No. 19 was again abandoned in 1966. -- Jim
Stevenson, in "Seattle Firehouses."

1967

19

19-39

Lincoln Hotel fire, view east at
Madison Street between Third and Fourth avenues

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4210).Courtesy the Seattle Times "Now
and Then."

The Lyric was on eof the last names for the boxhouse theatre
empresario John Corty built at Occidental Avenue and Washington Street after
the fire of 1889. He called it his New Standard, and the standard service was
variety, booze and bawdy service.

undated

20

20-19

Seattle Theatre
advertisement

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4416).Courtesy Seattle Fire Dept. Museum

circa 1901

20

20-20

Grand Opera House, south side of
Cherry Street between Second and Third avenues

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (658).Built in 1882, demolished 1928. Moved to north side of
Spring Street in 1905; Hillcrest Hotel 1906-1928; Providence Hospital in
background, Central School in upper right corner.

Triptych of photographs of Denny Hill
during and before regrade, with 1964 view including Space Needle

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2530).Courtesy Seattle Engineering Dept.

1907

Volume 22: Regrades #2 including
Denny Hill

Views of Denny Hill before the regrade from the 1890s to 1905.
Views of the First Denny Hill regrade from 1905-1911, especially on 2nd and 4th
Avenues. Shows exterior and interior views of the Denny Hotel, circa 1902. Also
shows the New Washington Hotel under construction in 1907. Views of the Second
Denny Hill regrade from 1929-1932, including scenes along 4th, 5th, 6th, and
8th Avenues. Also shows the conveyor belt and barge at the foot of Battery
Street and a reversible barge dumping regrade dirt.

Album

item

22

22-1

Denny Hill regrade, before; Denny
Hill regrade, after

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (515).

April 4, 1928, September 22, 1931

22

22-2

Denny Hill

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4222A).Courtesy Seattle Engineering Dept.

circa 1929

22

22-3

Denny Hill

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4222B).Courtesy Seattle Engineering Dept.

circa 1929

22

22-4

Ninth Avenue and Denny Way, view
west

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2513).

July 24, 1928

22

22-5

View west from Eighth Avenue at
Lenora Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2512).

July 24, 1928

22

22-6

Broad and John streets, view
east

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2514).

July 24, 1928

22

22-7

Denny Regrade

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3011).Caption: Frank Brownfield, on Sixth Avenue, for a time
refused to go along with the Denny regrade.Courtesy Seattle
Times,September 6, 1964.

Old Denny-Washington Hotel, Third
Avenue between Stewart and Virginia streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4174).From the Seattle Times "Now and
Then."

Caption: "Looking from the top level of the parking garage
at Third Avenue and Stewart Street, this contemporary view shows the former
site of the Old Washington Hotel. On the left is the "New Washington Hotel,"
today's Josephinium, completed in 1908."

May 29, 1983

22

22-49

Regrade

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3982).

undated

22

22-50

Denny regrade, Second
Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (13).

circa 1905

22

22-51

Pine Street, between Second and Third
avenues, view east at Denny regrade

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1547).Courtesy the Seattle Times,
January 31, 1960.Caption: This was the lobby of the old Washington Hotel. The
decorating theme included great rugs, massive furniture and elaborate paneling.
These photos were made in 1903 by Asahel Curtis, early-day Seattle
photographer, shortly vefore a visit to Seattle by President Theodore
Roosevelt. The President made the hotel his headquarters. The hotel was razed
in 1907 when the first of a series of regradings of Denny Hill was begun to
permit expansion of the city's business district to the north and west toward
the foot of Queen Anne Hill.

Views of the Pike Place Public Market, including food stalls,
venders, and surrounding streets.

1907-1978

Album

item

23

23-1

Original Market Building,
construction

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1326).

1907

23

23-2

Pike Place Market

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1292).

1910

23

23-3

Pike Street, view east from Pike
Place Market

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1322).

1908

23

23-4

Pike Place Market, view north from
Pike Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1329).

1909

23

23-5

Pike Place Market vendor

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3071).

July 16, 1960

23

23-6

Pike Place Market vendors

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3087).

circa 1950s

23

23-7

Pike Place Market vendors, fruit
stand

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3092).

July 16, 1960

23

23-8

Pike Place Market vendors

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3091).

July 16, 1960

23

23-9

Lower level of Pike Place
Market

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1310).

undated

23

23-10

Architectural plan of Pike Place
Market

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1293).Caption: Original market building construction; year 1907.
We purchased lot 4 in 1906 and the present bulkhead had been constructed by
city and extended north. Probable date 1904 or 1905. Later, 1911 the street was
raised and bhe bulkhead also. #4043, City of Seattle.

1907

23

23-11

Pike Place Market, Pike Street, view
west on First Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1325).

circa 1916

23

23-12

Back side of Pike Place Market under
construction

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1307).

circa 1914-1918

23

23-13

View east on Pike Street from Pike
Place Market

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1340).

June 2, 1929

23

23-14

Pike Place Market, view south from
Virginia Street at intersection of Western Avenue and Pike Place

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1338).

July 19, 1919

23

23-15

View north from Virginia Street,
views of intersection of Elliott Avenue and Western Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1324).

July 19, 1919

23

23-16

View north on Western Avenue of
construction of bridge connecting the main Pike Place Market with the Municipal
Building

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1377).

circa 1921

23

23-17

Interior of Pike Place Market,
vendors

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1640).Courtesy Ben Dennis.

undated

23

23-18

Van de Kamps Holland Dutch Bakery
stand in Pike Place Market

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1639).Original photograph from Ben Dennis.

undated

23

23-19

1430 Western Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1308).

circa 1930s

23

23-20

1434 Western Avenue at Pike
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1309).

circa 1930s

23

23-21

Aerial view of Pike Plaza
project

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1277).

1967

23

23-22

Pike Place Market 70th Anniversary,
seen from end of Pike Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (10-11).

August 20, 1977

23

23-23

Northeast corner of Western Avenue at
Virginia Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1336).

circa 1930

23

23-24

Stewart House, at 82-86 Stewart
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1345).

circa 1930

23

23-25

Aerial view of Pike Plaza
area

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1279).

circa 1967

23

23-26

Seattle Public Market,
sign

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1059-32).

undated

23

23-27

Seattle Public Market

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1133).

undated

23

23-28

Mayor Wes Uhlman at Pike Place Market
65th Anniversary day

Leslie Hamilton (1344) (photographer)

August 17, 1972

23

23-29

Corner of Pike Place Market
building

Leslie Hamilton (1303) (photographer)

1972

23

23-30

Western Avenue, back of Pike Place
Market

Leslie Hamilton (1306) (photographer)

1972

23

23-31

Pike Place Market 70th Anniversary,
west side of First Avenue at Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (10-8) (photographer)

August 20, 1977

23

23-32

Pike Place Market 70th Anniversary ,
west side of First Avenue at Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (10-9) (photographer)

August 20, 1977

23

23-33

Pike Place Market 70th Anniversary,
west side of First Avenue at Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (10-10) (photographer)

August 20, 1977

23

23-34

Joe Desimon truck

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1339).

1915

23

23-35

Pike Place Market 70th Anniversary,
north end of Pike Place, taken from Soames-Dunn Building

Leslie Hamilton (10-15) (photographer)

August 20, 1977

23

23-36

Pike Place Market 70th Anniversary,
north end of Pike Place, taken from Soames-Dunn Building

Leslie Hamilton (10-16) (photographer)

August 20, 1977

23

23-37

Seattle Public Market, northwest
corner of First Avenue at Pike Street (Pike Place Market)

Leslie Hamilton (10-28) (photographer)

August 29, 1977

23

23-38

Pike Place Public Market, from Pike
Place at Stewart Street

Leslie Hamilton (10-22) (photographer)

August 29, 1977

23

23-39

Seattle Public Market,
interior

Leslie Hamilton (10-23) (photographer)

August 29, 1977

23

23-40

Seattle Public Market, vegetable
stand

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (10-25)

August 29, 1977

Box/Folder

23

23-41

Seattle Public Market, vegetable
stand

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (10-26).

August 29, 1977

Album

23

23-42

Seattle Public Market, west side of
First Avenue at Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (13-6) (photographer)

September 11, 1977

23

23-43

View south along Western Avenue from
top elevator level of Pike Place Market

Leslie Hamilton (18-5) (photographer)

April 26, 1978

23

23-44

View north along Western Avenue from
the top elevator level at Pike Place Market

Leslie Hamilton (19-18) (photographer)

April 26, 1978

23

23-45

View north over Western Avenue at
intersection of Pike Place and Western Avenue

Leslie Hamilton (18-7) (photographer)

April 26, 1978

23

23-46

View east along Pike Street Corridor
stairs from Elliott Avenue to Public Market

Leslie Hamilton (18-4) (photographer)

April 26, 1978

23

23-47

View east up stairs from Elliott
Avenue to Western Avenue and the Pike Place Market, at Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (18-2) (photographer)

April 26, 1978

23

23-48

View east up stairs from Western
Avenue to Pike Place Market, at Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (19-21) (photographer)

April 26, 1978

23

23-49

View west from Western Avenue to
Elliott Avenue at Pike Street

Leslie Hamilton (19-20) (photographer)

April 26, 1978

23

23-50

View west at Pike Street corridor
from Western Avenue toward Elliott Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1230).Built in 1865, demolished around 1883.

1870

23

23-78

Arlington House, on Commercial and
Main streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1231).Built 1876, burned June 6, 1889.

undated

23

23-79

Kenneth Hotel (postcard), First
Avenue at James Street, view north

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3915).

circa 1909

23

23-80

Hotel Stevens

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (P-33).From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's
"Prosperous Washington."Caption: The Hotel Stevens. Is run on the European plan.
Rooms $.75 per day and up. Rooms with private bath, $2.00 per day and up. A
first-class family place devoted particularoy to local transient people.
Restaurant in connection.

1906

23

23-81

Hotel Seattle, view north on Second
Avenue at yesler Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1201).

February 11, 1961

23

23-82

View west on Yesler Way at Second
Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1200).

1961

23

23-83

Old Seattle Hotel, view west at
corner of Yesler Way and Second Avneue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3902).Courtesy P. Dorpat.

1960

23

23-84

Olympic Hotel, Fourth Avenue and
Seneca Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (149).

undated

23

23-85

The Frances rooming house, with
Country-City Market on lower floor, at 504 Yesler Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3936).Courtesy P. Dorpat

December 4, 1909

23

23-86

Calhoun Hotel, on the northeast
corner of Second Avenue and Virginia Street

Providence Hospital, between Fifth
and Sixth avenues and Madison and Spring streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1572).From "Metropolitan Seattle."

1903

24

24-35

Marine Hospital

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2844).Seattle Public Library (SPL20037).Built in 1932.

1932

24

24-36

Marine Hospital

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2845).Seattle Public Library (SPL17789).Built in 1932.

1932

24

24-37

View east toward Harborview Hospital
from the Smith Tower

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3084).

May 4, 1957

24

24-38

View north from 12th Avenue South and
South Judkins Streettoward Yesler Terrace and Harborview Hospital

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3150).

Januray 30, 1960

24

24-39

Harborview Hospital

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2846).Seattle Public Library (SPL21650).Built in 1929.

1929

Volume 25: Ship Canal

Historical views of the construction of the Hiram H. Chittenden
Locks in Ballard from 1912-1917, including views of the surrounding regrade and
land fill on Ballard Avenue, 8th, 14th, and 15th Avenues, among others, and the
opening of the Lake Washington Ship Canal in 1917. Also includes views of the
locks, administration building, Commodore Park, and fish ladders from the 1950s
to the early 1980s. Most of the photographs are from the U.S. Army Corps. of
Engineers collection.

Box/Folder

item

25

25-1

Men and horses working on digging the
Lake Washington Ship Canal

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (50-12).Copied from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (49-20).Caption: The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks were formally opened
on July 4, 1917 with the transit of the Arctic exploration ship ROOSEVELT and
the creek becomes a canal.Copied from the Maritime Historical Society.

July 4, 1917

25

25-43

Lake Washington Ship Canal; condition
of bank two days after dredging

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2117).

September 25, 1924

25

25-44

Lake Washington Ship Canal, locks at
narrows of Salmon Bay; lower end of large lock from head of tramway

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2127).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

January 30, 1914

25

25-45

Concrete train

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2125).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

April 5, 1913

25

25-46

Locks construction in
Ballard

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1858).Copied from Howard Droker, University of Washington.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2126).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

March 29, 1916

25

25-53

Montlake, looking west at Lake
Union

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2120).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

undated

25

25-54

Canal, locks

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1943).

1912

25

25-55

Lake Washington Ship Canal, view west
from controlling works; Lake Union in the distance. Concrete retaining wall on
south side completed. Two piers for Montlake Avenue Bridge on south side and
one pier on north side completed

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2111).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (50-14).Copied from of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

October 28, 1914

25

25-64

Brooklyn, to which David Denny's
streetcar ran, as seen from across Portage Bay

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1130).Caption: Brooklyn, to which David Denny's streetcar ran, in
1902, seen from across Portage Bay. At the top of the hill are the frist
buildings of the University of Washington on its present campus (courtesy of
the Photography Collection, Suzzallo Library, University of Washington.)

1902

25

25-65

Lake Washington Ccanal, locks at
narrows of Salmon Bay, dam and apron

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (50-15).Copied from of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

View east -- parking area on
Northwest 54th Avenue for U.S. Government Locks

Leslie Hamilton (I-18) (photographer)

January 1977

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Administration Building for
Chittenden Locks, view south

Leslie Hamilton (I-24) (photographer)

January 1977

25

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Government Locks, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers building

Leslie Hamilton (I-28) (photographer)

January 1977

25

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View south at the Administration
Building for the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Leslie Hamilton (I-25) (photographer)

January 1977

25

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Plaque on Administration Building for
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Leslie Hamilton (I-21) (photographer)

Plaque: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Dedication
of these locks, 4 July 1917-4 July 1967; This plaque placed in public ceremony
sponsored by Magnolia Community Club, Co-operating with Seattle District U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (49-17).Caption: Lake Union, Queen Anne Hill, and Fremont looking
West from Roanoke about 1890. Gas Plant Point is the low wooded area above and
left of the large house, and the town of Edgewater is in the bight beyond. The
street car trestle can be seen along the far shore of Lake Union.Copied from the Maritime Historical Society.

1890

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"Aura's" Crew, westbound in
Chittenden Locks

Leslie Hamilton (2092) (photographer)

August 19, 1980

25

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"Aura's" crew, in Chittenden
Locks

Leslie Hamilton (2091) (photographer)

August 19, 1980

25

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Craft "Aura" in Chittenden
Locks

Leslie Hamilton (2090) (photographer)

August 19, 1980

25

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Craft "Aura" in Chittenden
Locks

Leslie Hamilton (2093) (photographer)

August 19, 1980

25

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The "Aura," belonging to Thom and
Karen, at end of Chittenden Locks

Leslie Hamilton (2086) (photographer)

August 19, 1980

25

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The "Aura," belonging to Thom and
Karen, at east end of Chittenden Locks; Thom, Karen, Laura, Bill B.

Leslie Hamilton (2087) (photographer)

August 19, 1980

25

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Sailing day of the "Aura," at east
end of Chittenden Locks

Leslie Hamilton (2088) (photographer)

August 19, 1980

25

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The "Aura" in Chittenden
Locks

Leslie Hamilton (2089) (photographer)

August 19, 1980

25

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Tom Hamilton's boat

Leslie Hamilton (1789) (photographer)

May 4, 1980

25

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The "Aura"

Leslie Hamilton (1788) (photographer)

May 4, 1980

25

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Tom Hamilton's boat under I-5 freeway
bridge

Leslie Hamilton (1792) (photographer)

May 5, 1980

25

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The "Aura" westbound from
locks

Leslie Hamilton (2094) (photographer)

August 19, 1980

25

25-157

Montlake cut looking west at Lake
Union

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2121).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1948).Caption: The Lake Washington Improvement Company undertook
the construction of the canal as a private venture in 1883 after the failure to
secure federal assistance. Those interested in harbor facilities on Salmon Bay
and Lake Union and the adjacent lands -- also those holding lands in Black
River Valley where floods would be prevented by the lowering of Lake Washington
-- were the principal subscribers. This company opened a log canal from Lake
Washington to Lake Union, and Wa Chong contracted to excavate a canal from Lake
Union to Salmon Bay. This canal made possible the lumber mills at Ballard.

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Ballard

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1937).

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Lake Washington Ship Canal, view west
from the controlling works, Lake Union in the distance, concrete retaining
walls on south side completed. Two piers for Montlake Avenue Bridge on the
south side and one pier on the north side completed

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (48-2).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

November 21, 1914

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Lake Washington trestle

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (48-20).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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25

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Lake Washington Locks
construction

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1944).

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25

25-168

Digging the Lake Washington Ship
Canal

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1767).Copied from SPS Tech World Magazine.

1910

25

25-169

Aerial view of the Lake Washington
Ship Canal

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (48-12).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2122).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

January 7, 1913

25

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Ship entering the Lake Washington
Ship Canal, Ray's Boathouse

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2842).Copied from Jug Nolze.Caption: This view of World War II Miki entering the Lake
Washington Ship Canal at Shilshole Bay shows Rays Boathouse, Tregoning Boatyard
and part of Ballard.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1756).Copied from the Seattle Public LibraryPicture appeared in S. Grade Club Magazine July
1927.

1924

26

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Fremont

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (72-16/1964).

1893

26

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Aerial view of Fremont

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1960)."Fremont - 1902. Promoted by L.H. Griffith and named for his
home town in Nebraska. He was interested in the Lake Union Line to provide
transportation and increase the values of his properties. The road was
constructed on a trestle and constructed from both ends. When his money gave
out before the ends were connected he secured additional funds from those
interested in completing the line".

1902

26

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Fremont, clearcut area in
foreground

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1961).

1902

26

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Fremont waterfront

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1965).

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Fremont District looking
north

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (49-12).Copied from the Maritime Historical Society."The Fremont District in 1903. The view is North with the
bridge over the creek in the foreground. The mill at the right is North of the
creek and the dam is out of the picture at the right".

1903

26

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South end Fremont Bridge, Earl Signor
Groceries at right

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1537).Copied from "History of the Engineering Department".

March 18, 1915

26

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Canal, excavating below Fremont
Avenue

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (48-15).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

1912

26

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Aerial view of Fremont Bridge over
canal, looking west toward Ballard from the Aurora Bridge

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (50-7).Copied from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

1912

26

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Dam at Fremont

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1875).

Ca. 1910

26

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Ship Canal and Lake Union spillway at
Fremont

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1491).Original photograph from L. Gowey.

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Dam and spillway at Fremont, Queen
Anne Hill to the right and Fremont to the left

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (49-11).Copied from the Maritime Historical Society.

1907

26

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Lake Union looking east from
Fremont

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (49-16).Copied from the Maritime Historical Society."The temporary bridge from Westlake Ave. to the foot of
Stone Way was completed in 1911. Signor's store is at the far right and it was
here the many of the adventures mentioned originated or took place".

Aerial view of Ballard, looking North
from Queen Anne Hill near 14th Avenue west

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (2-4)

Ca. 1906

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Entrance to Salmon Bay

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1951).

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Town of Ballard before it became part
of Seattle, looking north from Queen Anne Hill

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (40-16).

1902

26

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Ballard, looking from lower Queen
Anne Hill across Salmon Bay

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (49-13).Copied from the Maritime Historical Society."This 1893 view of Ballard was taken from lower Queen Anne
Hill across Salmon Bay. The low trestle in the foreground carried Great
Northern tracks across the shallow tidal bay to the Ballard shore where they
continued west to the Sound".

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (414).Accompanying text "North Queen Anne youngsters of pioneer
days well remember the Salmon Bay 'beach shack' shown in the photograph on the
opposite page. While the photographer has designated it on the print as 'Salmon
Bay Charley's Home', the lone occupant was also known as Shilshoh Charley, and
this shack was undoubtedly the final home of the last remaining member of the
Shilshoh Indian tribe, which in days long gone had ruled the land thereabouts.
Shilshoh Charley, as we prefer to call him, was living at Salmon Bay, with a
few remaining members of his tribe, when Dr. Henry A. Smith filed on his
donation claim adjoining the bay in 1853. He was even then well past his
majority in years. Just when this Charley passed away is not quite clear, at
this late date, but he was still alive in the 90's, and living in this shack,
as many of the boys of that period still here had visited the quaint home and
chatted with Charley. As with most aboriginies his age was largely a matter of
conjecture, but unquestionably well beyond the biblical three score and ten.
Long before the coming of the white man there was no doubt that Charley's
Shilshoh tribe had been a large group of consequence and power. On the
statement of Dr. Smith and others he was at the end recognized as the last
known member of his tribe. The shack and Charley are both long since gone.
Since this photograph was taken the canals were constructed, the locks built,
and the entire Salmon Bay shore area as been filled and straightened out and
completely changed. Before the locks were built the water in Salmon Bay rose
and fell with the tides in the Sound. Charley's shack was built largely from
driftpieces of timber brought in by the tides. No one who ever visited this
queer driftwood shack and talked with its equally queer occupant will ever
forget the experience".

View northeast at Old Gas Plant Park,
Safeco Building in the left background

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (861).

1976

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View west at Lake Union, taken from
north slope of Capitol Hill across to the eastern slope of Queen Anne
Hill

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3991).Copied from Paul Dorpat.

1890

29

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Lake Union, looking north from
approximately 14th or 15th Avenue East, Garfield and Galer streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4015).

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View north at Lake Union

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3992).Copied from Paul Dorpat.

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View north at the south end of Lake
Union

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4003).Copied from Paul Dorpat.

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View northwest over Lake Union; town
mill at right center

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (425).Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL22924).Town mill built in 1882; acquired by D.T. Denny and
Associates in 1884. Later known respectively as Western Mill, The Brace &
Hergert Mill.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1623).Copied from the Seattle Historical Society.

circa 1914-1917

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Lake Union and Queen Anne Hill,
looking west

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1296B).

circa 1920

29

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University of Washington rowing crew
in the Montlake Cut, looking north

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (86-4).Copied from the Seattle Public Library's "Seattle
Discovered."

circa 1978

29

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Fine Arts Building, University of
Washington campus, built for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo (AYPE)

Leslie Hamilton (1800B) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

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Washington State Museum, University
of Washington campus, built for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo (AYPE)

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3053).

August 25, 1957

29

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Architecture Building, University of
Washington campus, built for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo (AYPE)

Leslie Hamilton (1801) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

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Architecture Building, University of
Washington campus, built for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo (AYPE)

Leslie Hamilton (1802) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

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Architecture Building, University of
Washington campus, built for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo (AYPE)

Leslie Hamilton (1803) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

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Gate Five, looking west at Northeast
40th Avenue and 15th Avneue Northeast, entrance to University of Washington
campus

Leslie Hamilton (1804) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

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Observatory, University of Washington
campus

Leslie Hamilton (1779) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

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University of Washington Physics
building, looking north from near Frosh Pond

Leslie Hamilton (1799) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

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Parrington Hall, University of
Washington

Leslie Hamilton (1793) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

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George Washington statue, west side
of University of Washington campus

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3059).

August 25, 1957

29

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University of Washington campus,
Frosh Pond

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3062).

August 25, 1957

29

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University of Washington campus,
Memorial Way

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3055).

August 25, 1957

29

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University of Washington Yaht Club,
the old Shilshole House on University of Washington campus

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3064).Copied from "The Lake Washington Story Book," page 110.

August 25, 1957

29

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Johnson Hall, University of
Washington, looking north

Leslie Hamilton (1800A) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

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University of Washington campus,
Sylvan Theater; columns from Territorial University

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3060).

August 25, 1957

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University of Washington campus,
plaque at Sylvan Theater

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3061).Plaque: These columns were saved from the first building of
the Territorial University of Washington built in 1861 on the old campus near
the present corner of Fourth Ave. and Seneca St. They were erected here by the
senior class -- campus day 1911.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3054).Monument: On these grounds was held between June 1st and
October 16th, 1909, The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. And this tablet is
erected by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce as a testimonial to those citizens
of Seattle who, from a sense of civic loyalty and at great personal sacrifice,
created and carried to success an exposition of lasting benefit not only to
this city but to the entire northwest. But far more important than all other
advantages resulting from such an exhibition is the inspiring example of
unselfish and disinterested public service which these citizens, without
material reward or the hope thereof, have given to their city. Such men are the
proudest possession of any community and the surest guarantee of its prosperity
and greatness.

August 25, 1957

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University of Washington campus,
fountain in Frosh Pond

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3052).

September 23, 1964

29

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University of Washington campus,
Parrington Hall

Leslie Hamilton (1794) (photographer)

May 6, 1980

29

29-80

Meany Hall, University of Washington
campus, built for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo (AYPE)

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3058).

August 25, 1957

29

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Washington State Museum, University
of Washington campus, built for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo
(AYPE)

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3056).

August 25, 1957

29

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Meany Hall Auditorium, University of
Washington campus, built for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo (AYPE)

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (4463).Caption: The Aurora Bridge, ready for the final link in June
of 1932, was built to relieve heavy traffic on the Fremont Bridge.From the Seattle Times "Now and
Then," August 28, 1983.Bridge was dedicated on February 22, 1932.

circa 1930

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Lake Union, looking from First
Hill

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (88-12).

circa 1909

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30-6

Lake Union, looking north from Pine
Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (54).Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL22884).

1890

30

30-7

Western Mill, looking from Lake
Union, Maud Foster at dock in foreground

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (1518).Copied from the Seattle Historical Society.

circa 1888

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Western Mill, near Lake
Union

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (92).

1880

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South end of Lake Union

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (425).Caption: Lake Union -- This shows how much farther south the
water came in the 1880s than it does today. When the car line was first built
to Fremont it crossed the little bay to the left on a trestle; now all of that
area is solidly filled in. The Western Mill is shown on the shore. The wooded
background is East Queen Anne Hill. (Looking north).Description (reverse side of photograph): Southeast Queen
Anne hill in 1882. This picture has more than ordinary historical interest. It
shows the southeastern slope of Queen Anne Hill above Lake Union in 1882. In
the immediate foreground is a thriving community developed at the south end of
Lake Union, centering around a lumber mill on the lake shore, built about 1880
by David T. Denny and associates. The house shown in the lower left hand corner
was leased by the board of education and used to house what was known as the
Lake Union School from 1882 until 1884. At that time the district erected the
Denny School and the Lake Union youngsters were transferred to that school, the
Lake Union School being discontinuted. In the early 80's there were two means
of reaching down-town Seattle, one over a rough road following present day
Fairview avenue, reaching Pike at about 8th avenue, and the second another
trail following the tracks of the little steam railroad built to haul coal from
Lake Union to the bunkers at the foot of Pike street. The latter route would
correspond to today's Westlake avenue. Before 1882 children of school age at
the south end of the lake attended the old North School, on the northeast
corner of Third and Pine, a site included in the present Bon Marche block. The
youngsters would frequently exchange a batch of old "wiping" rags with the
engineer for a free ride on the little coal train to and from school. Previous
to the coming of the street cars in later years a small steamer was placed in
service on the lake to carry passengers and freight, connecting with the
original horsecar line which within a short time was built to terminate at what
would be the intersection of Fairview avenue and the lake shore. In the early
80's there was a community of several hundred people living at the south end of
Lake Union. There were very few homes on the slopes of Queen Anne Hill att the
time this picture was taken. Just across the lake is what was generally known
as the "Graham" farm and to the north of the little boathouse on the lake shore
was the recognized "official swimming hole" of all the boys of school age in
the area. This land was all on "Uncle" Tommy Mercer's original donation claim
and Mr Mercer will be long and lovingly remembered for the always kindly and
considerate interest he manifested in the neighborhood children of his day. He
was never Mr Mercer to the boys and girls of that day; just "Uncle" Tommy, a
deserved tribute to an outstanding character of his time. Quite an area of the
lake's southern extremity as shown in the picure has been "filled in" over the
ensuing years.

circa 1885

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South end of Lake Union; southeast
Queen Anne Hill in background, Lake Union School in lower left

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (425).Lumbermill on lakeshore built by David T. Denny and
associates, 1880, Lake Union School, 1882-1884.

1882

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Lake Union and the Aurora Bridge,
looking northeast from Taylor Avenue North and Lynne Street

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (388).

1971

30

30-12

Fremont, looking north from Queen
Anne Hill, prior to the opening of the Ship Canal

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (3959).Original photograph from L. Gowey.

circa 1910

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Seattle Electric Railway's bridge,
David Denny's Western Mill on the horizon at the south end of Lake
Union

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-50)Accompanying material: a chronological list of school
buildings. Text: "Schools listed here, unless otherwise indicated, are
buildings of four rooms or more. Names used are the ones given the schools at
the time of opening. In several cases, names will be duplicated since one
building may have been torn down and replaced by another of the same name.
Dates of construction, where known, are indicated for annexed buildings.
Annexation is indicated by an 'A'".

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Last day at the Main Street School,
pupils being marched to the new Bailey Gatzert School

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-126).Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL22752).Accompanying text: "Bailey Gatzert School: It all started
many, many years ago. There was a school at Sixth Avenue South and Main Street,
which was known as the Main Street School. Many children went to this school
between the years 1873 and 1921. It was in the year 1921 that the present
Bailey Gatzert School building was completed on the site that had been owned by
the district and until 1909, occupied by the South School. The South School had
been torn down at the time of the Jackson Street regrade in 1909. In telling
the story of our school the early story of Seattle should be told because so
much of Seattle's first history took place within our school district. Around
the place where the Bailey Gatzert School now stands the city of Seattle
started to grow. The first settlement was built around Henry Yesler's sawmill.
When he built his sawmill he hired men to work for him. They brought their
families so they had to build houses. They had to have food, so they had to
build stores. After a few years a little village was formed. In 1853 Seattle
was not a very large city. The water's edge at the foot of Yesler was covered
with trees of Douglas Fir. At times the high tide would reach Washington
Street, and at low tide it would even reach First Avenue. It was here on
Yesler's wharf that Henry Yesler shipped coal and lumber to San Francisco. In
return, San Francisco shipped back hickory shirts, window sashes, axe handles,
molasses, grindstones and calico material. The Main Street School was among the
very early schools to be used in the little town that was then Seattle. The
first utilities for the growing city were located in our district. The earliest
water system was begun when Henry Yesler put up a tank to get rain water for
use in his sawmill. He made a V-shaped trough that led to his mill. The water
ran from there to the end of the dock to furnish water for the ships that
landed there. This small tank was located on an alley between Third and Fourth
Avenues and Yesler and Jefferson Streets. The first electrical plant in Seattle
was built on Jackson Street between First Avenue and Occidental. This took
place in 1886. The people gave a great exhibition of the twelve electric lamps
that were 'brilliantly burning.' The people were very proud of these first
lamps. The first electrical power in Seattle was made from the burning of coal.
It was not until thirteen years later than an electric company on Third Avenue
and Main Street used the first hydroelectricity. They go thier power from a dam
buildt at Snoqualmie Falls. At the time when the first children started
attending school at the Main Street School all transportation was by water.
There were no real roads, so boats were used. When Seattle was such a small
village it had a great area of forest. San Francisco wanted to buy logs from
Seattle to use for pilings to build on. It was for this trade that Henry Yesler
built the first wharf at the foot of Yesler Way. Later the dock was enlarged
until it was nine hundred feet long. Around this time, 1871, the wharf was
surrounded by houses, stores and shops, while all of Seattle's inhabitants
traveled by foot or by water. It was not long, however, until roads were built
and public transportation was started. The first covered hack was used in
Seattle in 1881, and in 1884 the hack line was made large enough to have an
established line which made three round trips a day out Jackson Street to Lake
Washington and back. In 1888 cable cars ran on Yesler Way to Lake Washington
and back on Jackson Street. It cost fifty cents for a round trip. The cable car
ran on tracks with a cable pulling it from the middle of the tracks. 1900 saw
the first automobile in Seattle. It had a two and one-half horse power motor, a
stick for a steering wheel, wheels of solid rubber, was built somewhat like a
buggy and speeded down Second Avenue at almost twenty miles an hour. So it was
that the tiny village grew until it became the great metropolis that it is
today. As the city grew many improvements were made. It was one of these
improvements that helped make possible the present Bailey Gatzert School, for
when it was decided to make the Jackson Street regrade it was then necessary to
remove the school then serving the children of the district. It was on a rainy
December day in the year 1921 that the principal, Miss Mahon, the teachers, and
pupils of the Main Street School moved to their new home, the Bailey Gatzert
School, located at Twelfth Avenue South and Weller Street. The site for the
school, which had been owned by the Seattle Public School District, was chosen
by the School Board, and the building planned by Mr. F. A. Naramore, the
architect, with their help. Miss Ada J. Mahon, who is still living in the city,
served as the Bailey Gatzert School principal until her retirement at the end
of the school term in 1945. Among the teachers who first taught in the new
building were Mrs. Agness Eide Daubney and Miss Bernice Welch who are still
serving the children of this school. In 1929 the enrollment of the school had
increased so much that it was necessary to build an addition to the school in
the form of a new wing of eight rooms. These new rooms included a teachers
room, a gymnasium, a music room, a science room, an art room, a librar room and
two new class rooms. On November eighth, at an 'Open House' held in the school,
the formal dedication of the Bailey Gatzert School took place. But perhaps you
are wondering why this school was named 'Bailey Gatzert'? Mr. Nathan Eckstein
was largely responsible for giving the name to the school. Mr. Eckstein was a
member of the School Board at the time, and Bailey Gatzert was a relative of
Mrs. Eckstein. There are many reasons why this school may be proud to have been
names for Mr. Gatzert. He was once the Mayor of Seattle. He was a member of
City Counsil. He established banks. He helped solve the transportation problem
of Seattle. He owned and was a partner in many business organizations in the
city. He also had the honor of entertaining President Hayes in his home.
President Hayes was the first United States President to cross the Rocky
Mountains. An old stern-wheeler was named in Mr. Gatzert's honor. After Mr.
Gatzert's death Mrs. Gatzert established a Memorial Kindergarten in his honor.
When she died, the Gatzert money was used to establish the Bailey and Babette
Gatzert Child Welfare Foundation. It was very fitting that the Bailey Gatzert
School should be named to honor a civic leader like Mr. Gatzert who took so
much interest in children and the community. After the Chinese and Japanese
Americans settled in the district most of the children attending the Bailey
Gatzert School were of Oriental descent. Just before the second World War,
however, the Yesler Housing Project was begun, and so it is that today children
of all races attend the school. We think it is a fime opportunity to learn to
understand each other. The boys and girls of the Bailey Gatzert School are very
proud of our school. We have learned to appreciate what a fine building we
have. We know that it is very valuable as measured by money becasue the ground
on which it is situated is valued at $26,670.00; the building at $221,098.00;
and the equipment at $16,287.00, which makes a total of $264,056.00. However,
no amount of money could measure its worth to us for the learning we do in the
Bailey Gatzert School under our Principal, Mr. T. Allasina. The present
enrollment at the Bailey Gatzert School in 808, with the following
nationalities represented: Chinese, 78; Negro, 162; Filipinos, 39; Japanese,
220; all others, 309".

December 12, 1921

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Students standing in front of
Broadway school 5521 24th NW

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-73).

circa 1885-1898

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Beacon Hill School, 2524 16th Ave.
S.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-131).Accompanying text: "One of the first hills of Seattle to be
settled was Beacon Hill that rises to an elevation of 345 feet. Edward Hanford
and John Holgate arrived on Beacon Hill (not then named) in 1853. These two men
staked out claims in the heavily timbered hill and built log cabins. They then
proceeded to log their land. In 1856 rumor came concerning the Indian
uprisings. The Hanfords and the Holgates deserted their homes and joined others
in the 'Blockhouse.' January 26, 1856 the Indians attacked. Milton Holgate, age
15, brother of John, was killed by an Indian. Later, during the same night, a
reflection in the sky showed that their cabins were being burned. After the
uprising, the few families moved from the hill and the settlement was set back
for some time. In 1891 an electric car system was set up and a car began
running over a wooden trestle across the valley between Jackson Street and the
present site of the Marine Hospital. The Hill began to become a place of homes.
Mr. M. H. Young, one of the car company owners, was so deeply impressed with
the hill that he called it Beacon Hill in honor of Beacon Hill in Boston, his
former home. Prior to this time, about 1855, a road between Seattle and the
south district was routed so as to traverse Beacon Hill going down through Ban
Asselt to the banks of the Duwamish. Later a road was established as road
number two and seems to have become the 'Military Road' that extended into
Rainier Valley and on over the mountains to Eastern Washington. This road was
very steep and extremely muddy much of the time. In 1895 the project of cutting
a canal through the hill to Lake Washington was begun. The earth was used to
fill the mud flats. After a great deal of work had been done and several
hundred acres of the flats filled, the project was given up. Later the brow of
the hill, near the present site of the Marine Hospital, was cut down and the
earth sluiced into the tide lands. The fill extended from Plummer Street south
to Spokane Street. Highways of today to the south pass over this fill. During
the early period one of the "Powder Houses" belonging to the city was at the
foot of the hill near Argo Station. In the early days smallpox epidemics seemed
quite common and a pest house was built on Beacon Hill. Another unusual
institution located on Beacon Hill was a 'City Stockade' or "Lazy Husbands
Ranch' where lazy and unreliable husband could be interned. The men were put to
work on roads or other city projects and the money they earned was given to
their families. Much criticism was caused and the stockade was closed. In 1892
when Mr. Frank J. Barnard was Superintendent and the Misters W. J. Colkett, J.
B. Macdougall, T. W. Prosch, D.A. Spencer and A. P. Burwell were members of the
Board of Directors, the present site of Beacon Hill School was purchased at a
cost of $9,000. This site is known as Bloc 8, Bayside addition, and located
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth avenues extending from Bayview Street on the
north to Lander on the south, and area slightly more than three acres. The
first Beacon Hill School was built in 1899 and is still used as an annex to the
main building which was completed in 1904. The principal, J. G. Lawrence, also
taught the seventh and eighth grades. Pearl D. Bacon taught."

March 23, 1904

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Students standing in front of the
Belltown School, 3rd & Vine

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-51), 2.Accompanying text: "The 'Belltown'- North Ends' First City
School Building: Herewith is pictured the old Belltown School, located on the
northwest corner of the Third and Vine Streets, the first school structure
erected north of Pine street by the board of education. This Belltown School
continued to serve the district from 1876, when it was built, until 1884, when
the new Denny School was opened. This school was made necessary because of the
substantial industrial development at Belltown in the 70's and lasting through
the 80's. These industries attracted many families with children, who found it
too far and difficult to tramp and from the nearest school, the North School,
at Third and Pine. The site for the Belltown School was bought June 23, 1876,
for $220,, from W. N. Bell. The school was erected under contract by M. Keezer
for $2,675 and opened for its first classes on Sept. 24, 1876, with Mrs Helen
Pearce as the first teacher. With the erection and opening of the Denny School
at Fifth and Batery in 1884 the board disposed of the Belltown property. J.
Hilton bought the lots and building May 13, 1884 for $2,675. The district
continued to used the old building until the school term ended in June. The old
school structure was later remodeled and used for many years as a residence.
The family of the late John J. Knoff, pioneer printer, occupied it as a home
for years. In time the structure was again remodeled and used until
comparatively recent years as an apartment and rooming house, know as 'Eleanor
Rooms.' Some time since the property was purchased by Metropolitan Press
Printing Company, who razed the old school structure and erected a modern
printing plant on the site." Accompanying text: "Belltown School: The Belltown School was
built on two lots at Third and Vine Streets, purchased in 1876 from Mr. Bell
for $220. The school, a two room, one story building, was completed in
September for the same year at a cost of $2,642. Belltown was a little suburban
community of about twenty or twenty-five homes, located to the north of the
main part of Seattle and near the waterfront. For a number of years the Indians
camped in large numbers along the beach below Belltown. There is little other
information about this school in the records. It was closed in 1884 when the
Denny School was constructed on a neighboring site."

circa 1879-1884

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Cascade School, Pontius Avenue and
Harrison St.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-116 ).Copied from the Seattle Public Libary (SPL12267).Accompanying text: "Cascade School: On a block of land,
bounded on the north by Harrison Street, on the south by Thomas Street, on the
west by Yale Avenue and on the east by Pontius Avenue, stands today (1950) a
large two story brick building-- the Cascade School. This piece of ground was
part of a large tract of land platted by the Pontius family in the early days
of Seattle. The school was built in three units. The first of these, the south
wing consisting of six rooms, was completed in 1893 and opened for classes on
January 6, 1894 with and enrollment of two hundred. The district, being of easy
access to the center of the town, grew rapidly and four years later another
unit of ten rooms was added. When the north wing was built in 1904, the
building boasted twenty-four rooms but was still inadequate to accommodate the
ever increasing number of children who wished to enter. Small rooms, not
originally intended as class rooms, were pressed into service and portable
buildings were placed upon the grounds. In 1908 the school was using every
available inch of space and had a teaching staff of twenty-six. This crowded
condition continued for many years until the encroachment of industry and the
movement of families to suburban homes caused the enrollment to dwindle. Rooms
became vacant and pupils in the high grades were sent to adjacent schools. The
once crowded school was finally closed in 1949 with but seven rooms in use. In
the parking strip surrounding the grounds and here and there upon the playfield
stand shad trees of various kinds. It became a custom in the very early days of
the school and carried on down through the years to plant on Arbor Day a tree
dedicated to some person of note or during the war years, to some pupil who had
given his life for his country. One of these trees- a beautiful plane tree- the
pride and joy of the pupils and teachers was just recently cut down because of
damage incurred in a severe windstorm. The pupils who have attended the Cascade
School are legion, the teachers are many but the principals number only seven.
Mrs. Frances E. Nickels, a very prominent and popular teacher for many years in
the Seattle School System, was selected as Cascade's first principal. On that
day in January 1894 when she assumed her duties at Cascade there were 700
pupils enrolled in all of the Seattle schools with a teaching staff of 140.
Mrs. Nickels was followed by Mr. P. H. Stafford who served by a short time
before becoming principal of the Pacific School. Mr. Charles Fagan then came in
1900 from the Central School to take charge of Cascade. Mr. Fagan, on of the
city's outstanding educators- a man of sterling character, a keen sense of
humor and an understanding of children, beloved by pupils and associates- led
the school skillfully and successfully through some thirty-three years- years
of peace and years of war, years of plenty and years or want but always years
of progress; ever searching for and adopting that which was good in the new,
yet cherishing and holding to that which was good in the old. On November 12,
1932, at the age of seventy-three Mr. Fagan's passing ended over forty years of
faithful and fruitful work in the educational world. The regard and esteem felt
for him by a host of pupils and co-workers is well expressed in the following
tribute written by Mrs. David Bowen (Nettie Stevenson Bowen). 'Tread softly
through the open door, Be quiet on the stair; His gentle presence lingers yet,
There is no vacant chair. In the master's room we see his form, The smile upon
his face, And clasp again his loving hand Of the dear old man of grace. We
watch once more the welcoming, In clear out eyes of blue, And feel the
blessing, heaven sent, He had for me and you. His office is a holy place, That
bring the reverent tears; The memories it holds will last, Through all the
coming years. May we, dear Father, fill our lives, With Deeds like his and
prayer, That passing through the open door, We leave no vacant char.' Cascade
School was again without a leader and Miss Maxine Kelly was transferred from
the Interbay School to fill the vacancy. Miss Kelly reported for duty on the
morning of November 28, 1932. Pupils and teachers readily fell in step with
their new leader and for seven and one half years pressed forward together. The
unrest, the unemployment, dissatisfaction and fear prevailing during this
period were reflected in the lives of the boys and girls. Miss Kelly became not
only a principal of the school but counselor and friend of the many parents who
brought their problems to her office. One of the first nursery schools a W. P.
A. project to care for small children of working parents-- found a home in one
of the Cascade portables. It was during Miss Kelly's regime that a battle for a
district playfield which had waged for many years was finally won. Earnest
pleading and hard work on the part of the P. T. A. and teaching corps resulted
in a piece of land on the corner of Pontius Avenue and Harrison Street being
purchased and equipped. Mr. Charles A. Budde, following Miss Kelly's retirement
in June 1940, served as principal through the difficult and trying war years
from 1940-1945. Upon his retirement Mr. Wieber Wynstra carried on at the
Cascade. In the year 1947 the enrollement had decreased until it was so small
that it no longer required the full time of a principal so Mr. Charles F.
McKeehan was assigned to the principalship of both Lowell and Cascade. This
position was held by him until the Cascade School was closed. The Cascade with
its large airy rooms and spacious corridors was a well constructed building as
is attested by its more than half a century of wear and tear of thousands of
tramping feet. On the 13th of April, 1949, during the spring vacation the sever
earthquake which shook Seattle took its toll of the old building. From all
outward appearance it is the same old Cascade bu damages on the inside made it
no longer safe for use. In time it will doubtless be razed and the property
turned to business purposes but the Cascade ideals of courtesy, honesty,
earnest endeavor, patriotism and good-will toward fellow men will live on in
the lives of men and women who were once the boys and girls of 'Old
Cascade'".

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Central School, Seattle's first
school building, Third Avenue between Madison and Spring Streets

Copied by Leslie Hamilton ( S-52).Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL22876).Accompanying text: "Seattle's first school building- The Old
Central: The old wooden Central, the first Central School, shown in the
accompanying photograph, was Seattle's first publicly owned school. It was
built and occupied in 1870, and was located on four lots fronting the east side
of Third Avenue, between Madison and Spring Streets. While it appears as a
two-story structure, it really comprised two full sized rooms and an attic
later utilized as a class room. The four lots were bought from C.C. Terry for
$500. The building was erected by Shorey & Russell on their contract bid of
$2,400. Later the allowance of certain 'extras' increased the total cost. When
the new Central at Seventh and Madison was built and opened for use on may 7,
1883, the old Third Avenue site and building were sold to M.V.B. Stacy for
$30,000. The old school building was disposed of to parties who moved it to the
northeast corner of Front (First Avenue) and Virginia Street, where it was
remodeled and used for years as the 'Central Rooms' The old school stood until
it was razed in June of 1911 to make way for building improvements. The first
teachers at the original Central were Elizabeth Peebles (Mrs. Agnus Mackintosh;
Miss L.W. Ordway and Mrs. C.M. Sanderson. It may be explained that previous to
1870 public school classes were held either in rented quarters or in locations
whose use was donated by the owners".

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-55).Accompanying text: "'Central School: Search the world over
and a more beautiful location for a school-house could not be found. Situated
about 250 feet above the bay, it commands an unobstructed view of town and
harbor. From the windows of the building the pupil can look down upon the
business portion of the city and get an idea of the busy life of which he is
soon to become a part; raising the eye, a grand view of forest, mountain, lake
and bay fills the soul with noble thoughts and lofty aspirations. The block is
240 feet by 256 feet, affording ample room for building, lawn and playgrounds.'
This paragraph, appearing in the First Annual Report of the Public Schools of
Seattle in 1885, describes the location of the Central School. The first school
to be held in Seattle was taught by Mrs. Catherine Blaine in the fall of 1854
at her own home and later in the Methodist Church. This was not a public school
as we think of them now because it was supported by tuition and private
subscription but until 1870 it was the only type of public school maintained.
The first building constructed by the Seattle School District was the Central
School at Third and Madison, built in 1870. It was a two story, two room
affair, planned for 120 pupils. The District employed only one teacher at
first, Miss Lizzie Ordway, and as 125 pupils reported for school on the very
first day many of the younger children had to be sent home. A little later a
second teacher was employed and then a small room was finished off in the attic
to make room for a third class. Edmond Meany and John Condon, both of whom
achieved distinction as professors at the University of Washington, attended
classes in this attic room. As school attendance grew the District purchased
the present site of the Central School at Sixth Avenue and Madison and in 1877
built the Sixth Street School. This was a two room building similar in every
way to the first Central School. It was occupied for the first time in
September, in 1878, but used only until 1883 and the following year the
building was sold and moved away. At the same time the first Central School was
closed and the property sold. It is interesting to note that the site of the
first Central School which had cost the district $500 was sold by them only
sixteen years later for $30,000. The new Central School was completed and
occupied in 1883. Although it was a wooden building it was large and attractive
and the first school building to be built in Seattle of more than two rooms.
This building was large enough to replace the old Central School, the Sixth
Street School, and the North School at Third and Pine. Less than five years
later it caught fire, supposedly from a defective furnace, and burned to the
ground. Immediate steps were taken to provide a new Central School and in 1889,
an even larger and more commodious building of brick construction was completed
on this site. Until Broadway High School was completed in 1902, the Central
School provided for high school as well as elementary pupils. During the years
just preceding the opening of Broadway High School the Central School was
almost a straight high school with only three classes of upper grade pupils
enrolled. On the Central School grounds was also built a one-story brick
structure which for many years housed the school administrative offices. After
they were transferred to another building this space was used as headquarters
for the Public School Guidance Department and later for the Junior Red Cross
Clinic which still occupies the building at this time. As the city grew and
office building replaced homes the enrollment at Central dwindled until in
June, 1938, it was finally closed as an elementary school. During the next ten
years Central operated as part of Edison Technical School but in the spring of
1948 an earthquake so weakened the brick walls of the old building that it had
to be abandoned. At the present time the Central Nursery School is still in
operation, using temporary housing constructed during the last war. The old
office building on the Central School grounds is also being used by the Junior
Red Cross. The main building still stands but will soon be removed for make way
for other city improvements."

circa 1889-1953

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Frantz H. Coe School

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-59).

circa 1907

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Franz H. Coe School

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-108).

circa 1907

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Columbia School, 723 S. Concord St.,
also known as Pontius & Lowell

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-70).

circa 1891

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Columbia School, 723 S. Concord St.,
also known as Pontius & Lowell

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-129).Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL22804).

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Franz H Coe School

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-60).Accompanying text: "F.H. Coe School: Mr. Thomas Mercer who
settled on a donation claim adjoining the David T. Denny's was one of the
earliest known property on Queen Anne hill. Since there was no roads and few
foot trails, Mr. Mercer brought in a team of horses and a wagon to enable him
to slash the first road between the Mercer claim and central Seattle which was
then located on old Mill Street, now known as Yesler Way. Until this road was
made, the only access they had to town was by trail or canoe. In 1891 a Mrs.
Jennie Dow arrived with her husband and family on Queen Anne Hill; the
following year a G.C. Carlson family arrived and started a dairy farm which was
located in what is now approximately the 1900 block on Tenth Avenue West. Their
cattle roamed from 15th Avenue West to Highland Drive, then unnamed and heavily
wooded. Queen Anne Hill was entirely covered with dense growth and forest,
early photographs which were taken in 1897 and 1898 show that the trees almost
obstructed the view of Puget Sound. Through this wooded section one main trail
wound up to the top of the hill, where our counterbalance now is, continuing to
the present site of Mount Pleasant Cemetery. In 1897 new settlers in this
district were: the Killians who settled at 2106 9th Ave. W., then a farm; the
Gages; a Thomas family at 1928 8th Ave. W.; and E.C. Byers. Recent interviews
with early settlers, Mrs. Dora Killian, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Draper, and Mr.
Bellis revealed most of this information for an early history of the F. H. Coe
School background. Mr. Jim Bushnell, who was one of these early settlers, was
an assessor for many years- he married Miss Kate Ward, the first white child
born in Seattle. Mr. Bushnell now resides at 501 W. Highland Dr. Early
photographs of Queen Anne Hill taken in 1898 show only 8 or 10 houses with
small clearings. These pioneers purchased supplied and groceries at the nearest
general store located at the foot of the hill. and operated by Mr. E.C. Damon.
Every two weeks, supplied previously ordered were delivered by horse and
two-wheel cart, and by 1902 deliveries were increased to twice a week. Due to
the lack of roads, mail was also delivered with horse and two-wheel cart to a
focal point at Eight West and West McGraw Street. Here residents came to pick
up the mail, walking along trails which were ankle-deep in dust and bordered
with masses of 'White Hardhack' or 'Sea foam' flowers. On these walks the
children whiled away time picking wild blackberries, which grew abundantly, for
jams and jellies to be used for after-school snacks. By 1902 the streets were
named and numbered and two streets were planked for wagon traffic. Water mains
and sewers were being installed. The Washington Lumber and Shingle Company
platted to Tenth Avenue West the entire district for residences in that year.
Then four new homes were built and a real estate boom began. People came in
rapidly; many bought, sold, and moved on after selling fora profit, while
others settled permanently. Many settlers did not become well acquainted with
their neighbors because they moved in and out so rapidly. With the boom the
population grew, and increasing numbers of children complicated the school
problem. At that time (1902) pupils were sent over trails or 'short-cuts' to
the West Queen Anne School or the Denny School. In 1905 a narrow gauge railway
and cable-car brought the residents to the top of the hill to a turnstile which
was located approximately where Coe School now stands.. Six Avenue West was a
wagon trail to McGraw Street. The southeast portion of Queen Anne Hill had more
settlers while the Coe district was more timbered and less populated. In 1906
when Mr. and Mrs. Bellis came to the district only two houses had be built on
Fourth Avenue West. Mr. DeBruler opened a grocery store at Sixth Avenue West
and Crockett Street, and Mr. George Draper opened the first drug store. The
first two churches were the Queen Anne Baptist on Sixteenth West and Howe
Street, and the Queen Anne Methodist Church at First North and Republican
Street. Dr. Franz H. Coe became a member of the Seattle School Board in 1901
and served for three years. He was a prominent and respected physician, and
later the Franz H. Coe School was named for him. Mrs. Coe, his wife, showed
considerable interest in school and community activities. Due to the crowded
conditions in the West Queen Anne and Denny Schools some relief had to be
given, and it was this apparent need which prompted the School Board to
establish other classes (first and second grades) at the East Queen Anne Annex
on Fourth Avenue North, between Newton and Crockett Streets, and extend further
classes in the Coe District. So in 1906 two portables were erected on the
present site, then unnamed. A Miss Gertrude I. Streeter taught the third grade,
and Miss Elizabeth Quinn the second grade. Plans were then drawn up and
construction commenced in 1906 on the large new building. In 1907 the building
was completed, consisting of eight rooms and seating capacity of 384, at a
total cost of $37,627. It was then named the Frantz H. Coe School in honor of
Dr. F.H. Coe and opened for use in September 1907 with five teachers. The were:
Miss Thart, principal and eight grade teacher; Miss Hoffman, who came from the
middle west to accept this particular position; Miss May Baptie, now Mrs.
Gleason of Hunts Point; Miss Lou Warren; and Miss Henrietta Isenbies.
Enrollment increased almost immediately and soon two other teachers were added;
one of them was Miss Nina Buchanan who later became County Superintendent of
Schools. In June 1908, the daily average attendance was 356 pupils, and average
of 39 pupils per teacher. The cost of books that year was $1024 and supplies
$480. The first self-discipline plan was inaugurated in 1910 by Mill Lulie
Nettleton and it was reported to have been highly successful. A pupil, Miss
Isabel Draper, was the first president of that student organization. Miss
Nettleton is also remembered as having a long shelf full of beautiful objects
of art in front of her classroom. One of our most highly esteemed teachers,
Miss Elizabeth McDougal, joined the Coe staff in 1910 as a second grade
teacher, where she remained until her retirement in June 1948. At the end of
the school year June 1919, there were 575 pupils enrolled at the F.H. Coe
School and 18 teachers. Each one had a teaching load of over 35 pupils per
room. Now another wing was added to the north side of the present building,
consisting of 8 rooms. The portables were removed and the new wing occupied.
Miss Elizabeth Tharp, first principal of the Coe School, retired in 1938 and
has since made her home in Los Angeles. At that time, Miss Clara E. McKenzie
came to Coe as a principal. When Miss McKenzie retired in 1948, she was
followed by Mr. Wesley Cole, the present principal. Late improvements to Coe
School include fencing, landscaping and black-topped playgrounds."

circa 1907-1972

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Frantz H. Coe School

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-61).

circa 1907-1972

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B.F. Day School, 3921 Linden Ave. N.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-118).Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL22832).Accompanying article: "90th anniversary for B.F. Day School:
B.F. Day, Seattle's oldest public school still operating, will hold a 90th
anniversary reunion and open house between 7 and 9p.m. April 15 in the school,
3921 Linden Ave. N. The first school opened in 1890 but students had met a year
ealier in a private home. In 1891, B.F. Day and his wife, Frances, donated a
block of 20 lots valued at $10,000 to the school district. The brick building
constructed thre was didicated in May, 1892" Taken from the Queen Anne
News, March 30, 1980.

circa 1892

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Denny School, view of the front from
the left side

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-64).Accompanying text: "Denny School: In the selection of a site
for the Denny Building, the following points were considered: distance from
Central Building; central position between Lake Union and the bay and a
commanding view. Accordingly block 's', bounded on the north by Wall Street, on
the east by Sixth, on the south by Battery, and on the west by Fifth, was
selected. From the east entrance of the building, a fine view of Lake Union is
obtained; the west entrance commands a view of the bay and Alki Point. 'In
architectural designs and beautiful finish, the Denny Building is not surpassed
by any school house on the Pacific Coast. Judge Burke was appointed a committee
of one to give special attention to its construction. Nothing that can add to
the health and comfort of both teachers and pupils, has been left out.' These
are the words used in the First Annual Report of the Superintendent which
describes the building of Denny School in 1884 at a total cost of $45,811.55.
For many years Denny School was one of the principal elementary schools of
Seattle. The first regrade project on Denny Hill in 1906 made it necessary to
remove one wing of the building but the remainder of the building continued in
active use until plans were completed for the complete removal of the hill
twenty-three years later. It is interesting to note that the excavations which
made necessary the removal of the building also destroyed the view which was
one of the principal reasons for the selection of the site. The
Post-Intelligencer Building now stands approximately where the Denny School was
located but many feet below the old building, and the land which had cost the
District $8,200 was sold for $150,000. The cupola of the old Denny School still
stands in Denny Park, placed there as a result of the efforts of loyal
alumni."

circa 1885

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Denny School

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-62, 2).

circa 1885

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Denny School Cupola, Denny Park

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-66, 2).Copied from the Seattle Public Library (SPL22684).

Students of Fremont School, standing
in front of Nichols building, principal Mr. Brady standing at back
center

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-127).

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Georgetown School, 730 S. Homer St.

Copied by Leslie Hamilton (S-110).Accompanying text: "Georgetown School: Located at 730 S.
Homer St., the Georgetown School building was constructed in the early 1900's.
It served high-school students until 1927, when Cleveland High was completed;
after that Georgetown became an elementary school, but it had to be closed in
1971 when encroaching industries left very few residents in the neighborhood.
In 1972, Georgetown once more housed high-school students when Project
Interchange, and alternative school, moved into the building. Students
brightened the old school by doing much painting and making some physical
changes to the interior. Under supervision of Director David Rinkel, the
students also made improvements and given many hours of service at the former
school annex that stands behind Georgetown School and is now a community
center."Accompanying text: "Georgetown School: A long time ago Jacob
Maple and his son, Eli, along with Luther Collins, came up the Duwamish river
by boat. They were looking for some good pasture land and this seemed to be it.
They settled in June 1851 on the site where the Boeing Airport Administration
Building is now located. Each man had a 640 acre claim. Luther Collins' claim
is now the car barn and power plant site and Maple's claim is now the center of
Georgetown. After staking their claims the men went down the river to Pigeon
Point where Youngstown Steel now is. Henry Van Asselt came back with the party.
In the 1880's Julius Horton and his family arrived form Illinois. Mr. Horton
bought 160 acres from Luther Collins. This land included the area bounded by
East Marginal Way, Vale Street, Twelfth Avenue, and Corson Avenue.
Transportation in the period was a problem. Two stages a day with a four-horse
team made the trip to Seattle. This trip cost 25 cents. When the street cars
came into being, in 1882, they were open coaches which ran on trestles over the
tide-water flats. They ran from Dearborn Street to Charleston Street. The first
street car was driven by Mr. Saunders. the Hortons and Mrs. W.A. Carle, who was
a Horton, were the first to ride on it. In 1886 Julius Horton sold some of his
land to Ed Sweeney and John Claussen for $50 an acre to build the Georgetown,
or Rainier, Brewery. The Brewery was opened in 1891. It started as a small